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Information / Computing 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 December 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Korben, an IT consultancy services subsidiary of the textile retailer Beaumanoir, will recruit between 200 to 250 employees by 2017 for its new site in Saint-Malo. The group is building a new headquarters for its IT and logistics services that will employ about 500 employees to develop e-commerce solutions. They are currently hosted in a temporary building awaiting the construction of a new buidling. Korben will also recruit between 200 to 250 other employees for these activities. Beaumanoir employs 13,000 employees and has a total turnover of 1.3 billion euro.
Sources
1 December 2014: Journal des entreprises
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Korben, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 78021, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/78021.