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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 November 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Amazon Italy, the Italian branch of online retailer Amazon, is to open a new customer service centre in Cagliari. The customer service centre will be opened in the second half of 2013 and 500 new job posts will be gradually created over a 5 year period.
According to reports, the company is already accepting job applications for the new positions. Amazon already operates two units in Italy: the headquarters in Milan and the distribution centre in Castel San Giovanni.
Sources
20 November 2012: Sardinia Post
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Amazon.it, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 74612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74612.
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