The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.9 - Intermediation service activities for retail sale 47.91 - Intermediation service activities for non-specialised retail sale
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/95538.
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