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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 March 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
American internet retailer Amazon will establish its European contact centre in Bratislava. This new investment will result in the creation of 100 new jobs by the end of 2011. According to media reports, the decision to open the new centre in Bratislava is attributed to the availability of suitable labour as well as flight connections.
Sources
23 March 2011: SME
23 March 2011: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Amazon, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 71845, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71845.
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