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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
US based e-commerce company, Amazon, expands its business in Slovakia. It is going to create 100 new jobs in its customer service and administrative centre in Bratislava in 2015. Amazon is planning to employ people for financial operation positions, support staff for traders and members of the web catalogue support teams. The company opened its centre in Slovakia in 2011 and at present employs about 600 people. Slovak Minister of Finance Kazimir and Minister of Economy Pavlis welcome the decision of the company and will support its further business expansion in the country.
Sources
23 January 2015: Pravda
23 January 2015: Webnoviny
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Amazon, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 78226, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78226.
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