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 Retail trade Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.79 - Retail sale of second-hand goods
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 December 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
The Lithuanian online second-hand clothing marketplace Vinted has announced that it will double its staff in 2021. The company plans to create 600 new jobs, including 400 in Lithuania. Vinted is looking for software developers, technology engineers, designers, analysts, and about 100 customer support staff.
Founded in 2008, Vinted is the largest online second-hand platform in Europe, with offices currently located in Lithuania, Germany and the Czech Republic. Vinted’s mobile application has altogether 34 million users in 11 European countries, in the UK ad in the USA.
Eurofound (2020), Vinted, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 102963, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102963.
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