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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail Sale Of Clothing In Specialised Stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 April 2024
Employment effect (start)
3 May 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The Irish fashion brand Primark has opened a new store in the Alcalá Magna Shopping Centre in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain), creating 100 new jobs after an investment of 7 million Euros.
The store, which is the tenth in the region of Madrid, has over 2,300 square meters of commercial space across two floors, and it offers a wide range of products. The store is also equipped with both self-payment boxes and traditional paying boxes. Recently, Primark has also announced a new forthcoming opening in Madrid, to be implemented in the coming months in the Rivas Shopping Centre.
Eurofound (2024), Primark, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 201088, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201088.
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