Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; South-East (IRL);
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
Retail trade
Retail trade
47 - Retail trade

450 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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.