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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
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 April 2020
Employment effect (start)
15 April 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
US online retailer Amazon has announced that it will create 600 new jobs at its Dobrovíz distribution centre located near the city of Prague. The recruitment campaign has already begun. Since mid-March, the company has seen an increase in demand. The COVID-19 pandemic and related measures force consumers to stay more time at home, buying more often online.
Globally, Amazon is positioned to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the broader collapse in retail.
Eurofound (2020), Amazon, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 100348, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100348.
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