Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage

1,100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 October 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Online retailer Amazon has announced that it is to create 200 jobs at its head office and a further 900 in a newly opened distribution centre in Rugeley. The retailer has announced that the jobs have been created due to the popularity of its ebook reader the Kindle.  


Sources

  • 10 July 2011: The Telegraph
  • 29 July 2011: Retail Weekly

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Amazon, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72477, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72477.