Primark

Type
Business expansion
Country
Portugal
Region
Continente; Norte; Área Metropolitana do Porto
Location of affected unit(s)
Matosihos
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
46 - Wholesale trade
46.1 - Wholesale on a fee or contract basis
46.16 - Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
20 January 2014
Foreseen end date

Description

Clothes chain Primark is to open a new store in Matosinhos (district Porto), creating 200 jobs in the first semester of 2014.

Primark is based in Ireland. The new store will be the eighth in Portugal. In late 2013, the company had already opened a new store in Lisbon, where 300 positions were created.

Sources

  • 20 January 2014: Boas Noticias

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Primark, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 76487, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76487.