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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
2,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 November 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
On 26 November 2012, the French subsidiary of the US online sales company, Amazon announced plans to recruit around 2,500 new employees by 2015.
They will be offered permanent contracts for its new logistic site that will be operational in the second semester 2013 in Lauwin-Planque near Douai.
In June 2012, Amazon had announced to implement a new logistic platform in Châlon-sur-Saône that will create a total of 1,000 positions, but the number was increased (see here).
Sources
26 November 2012: Amazon.fr
6 January 2013: Journal du dimanche
22 November 2012: Le Figaro
26 December 2012: L'Expansion
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Amazon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 74678, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74678.
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