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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Budget fashion retailer Primark has announced plans to create over 400 new jobs when it opens its new store at the Bluewater shopping centre near Dartford, Kent. The store is expected to be opened early in 2019 and the recruitment process will begin in December 2018. Roles on offer include shop floor, cashier, managerial and office positions. The retailer already has seven other stores in Kent selling its range of fashion, footwear and homeware at the budget end of the market.
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Primark, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 96032, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/96032.