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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German online fashion retailer Zalando has announced that it will create 1,000 jobs at its new distribution centre in Gryfino near Szczecin. The centre is expected to be operational in September 2017, but the recruitment process will start in March 2017. The company will provide special training for hired employees. The restructuring programme is associated with the company’s plan to develop its sale platform in Poland. The centre, which will supply articles to clients in Germany, Poland and Scandinavia, is worth EUR 150 million.
Zalando was created 2008. Currently, the company operates in 15 European countries.
Sources
15 February 2017: Puls HR
24 February 2017: Gryfino24
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Zalando, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90438, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90438.
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