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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 August 2022
Employment effect (start)
16 September 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Irish multinational fast-fashion retailer has plans for growth in Spain and has announced the opening of a shop in San Sebastian (Basque Country) on 16 September 2022. It will be the company's 56th shop in Spain, but the first one in the region of Gipuzkoa. It will create more than 110 new jobs and will have 4,000 square metres of retail space.
Currently, Primark employs 5,300 people in Spain.
A former business expansion for Primark in Spain was recorded in the ERM database in 2021, with 650 jobs created (Primark-2021-ES).
Eurofound (2022), Primark, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 107249, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107249.
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