The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Cultural And Recreation Goods In Specialised Stores 47.6 - Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores
450 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Internet retailer Amazon.com, famous for its online bookshop, has promised to create 450 new jobs in Cork in a call centre to support its websites for the French, British and German markets. The centre will be located at the Cork Airport Business Park and Amazon will receive grant assistance from the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Ireland to establish the business. The initiative is Amazon's second Irish development. The company, which ranks among the world's largest online retailers, opened a systems and network unit at the Digital Hub centre in Dublin last year.
Sources
20 March 2002: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Amazon, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 63102, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63102.
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