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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
22 September 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
US e-commerce company Amazon has announced the opening of two new logistics centres next fall in Spain, specifically in Rubí (Barcelona) and Leganés (Madrid), creating 100 permanent jobs in each center (200 in total), while providing delivery services through external workers. These centres will have around 25,000 square meters of floorspace each. This announcement comes after the company announced the creation of 600 permanent positions in 2019 and 1,200 in 2020 (200 in Murcia and 1,000 in Seville).
Eurofound (2020), Amazon, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 101211, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101211.
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