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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
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
German online clothing retailer Zalando has announced that it will create 500 jobs at its new distribution centre in Olsztynek. The recruitment process will start in fall 2018. The company plans to invest EUR 20 million in the centre which will supply articles to clients in the entire Europe.
Zalando was established in 2008 and currently the company operates in 15 European countries and also worldwide with spin-offs and subsidiaries. Zalando employs about 14,000 people. Since 2017, the company has had a distribution centre in Gryfino, Poland.
Sources
19 February 2018: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Zalando, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 93562, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93562.
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