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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 October 2022
Employment effect (start)
20 October 2022
Foreseen end date
28 February 2023
Description
The Irish fashion retailer Primark has announced to open a new store in Bari, Puglia, where it will hire more than 150 people. The opening is scheduled at the beginning of 2023. It will be the fourth store of Primark in the South of Italy. The recruitment has already started and the company is mainly looking for visual merchandisers, department managers and retail assistants.
In 2021, Primark has also announced an expansion programme for 2021 and 2022 to hire 2,000 people in other 8 Italian cities: Rome, Catania, Chieti, Turin, Bologna, Caserta, Venice and Milan (Primark-2021-IT).
Eurofound (2022), Primark, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 107636, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107636.
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