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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
14 August 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 March 2016
Description
German online fashion retailer Zalando is to hire 100 employees in Italy. The company is to open a storehouse during the first months of 2016 in the Centre or Northern Italy, which should serve Italy, Austria and Switzerland. The company is performing a fast growth and is intended to increase its presence in the Italian e-commerce market, whose value is reported to steadily increase (+16% in 2014).
Sources
14 August 2015: La Stampa
14 August 2015: Corriere Comunicazioni
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Zalando, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 84772, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84772.
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