Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Border, Midland and Western; West; West
Location of affected unit(s)
Galway
Sector
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

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2018
Foreseen end date

Description

Online retail company, Wayfair, is to create 200 new jobs in Galway.

The company specialises in the online sale of home furnishings and currently employs 400 people at its European headquarters in Galway.

The new jobs will be in finance, sales, customer service and supplier operations roles.

Wayfair was established in the USA in 2002, and opened its office in Ireland, in 2009. It employs 9,700 people globally 


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Wayfair, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 95538, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95538.