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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Household Goods 46.42 - Wholesale of clothing and footwear
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 September 2022
Employment effect (start)
14 September 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Primark, Irish multinational fast-fashion retailer with headquarters in Dublin, opened its second Czech store in the Olympia shopping center in Brno with an investment of more than CZK 220 million (€ 8.9 million) which will create about 200 new jobs. Some of the new jobs created will include the possibility of part-time work.
Primark opened its first store in Prague in 2021, creating 260 jobs (Primark 2021- CZ).
The Brno store has an area of 3,600 square meters of retail space, which is about a thousand less than in Prague.
Sources
15 September 2022: Hospodárske noviny (archiv.hn.cz)
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Primark, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 107402, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107402.
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