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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The Irish discount fashion retailer Primark is opening its third store in the Czech Republic, creating more than 150 new jobs. The new store, located in Prague shopping center Metropole Zličín, should open its doors to customers in December 2024.
The company has already launched a recruitment campaign for more than 150 job positions, including sales assistants and managers.
The opening of a store in Zličín is part of the company's expansion in Central and Eastern Europe, which began in 2019 with the opening of a store in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Globally, Primark currently employs more than 80,000 people, in 17 European countries and the United States.
Recent new openings by Primark in the EU can be found at the following links:
Primark 2024 - RO
5 September 2024: https://www.idnes.cz (www.idnes.cz)
Citation
Eurofound (2024), Primark, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 201550, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201550.
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