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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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
German online clothing retailer Zalando has announced that it will create 1,000 jobs at its new distribution centre in Głuchów near Łódź, Poland. The company is partnered with logistics company DHL Supply Chain in the project, which is expected to become operational before the end of 2018, but the recruitment process has been already launched. The centre with an area of 130,000 m2 will supply articles to clients in 17 European countries.
Zalando was established in 2008 and currently operates in 15 European countries and also worldwide with spin-offs and subsidiaries. Zalando employs about 14,000 people worldwide. Since 2017, the company has had two distribution centres in Poland (Olsztynek and Gryfino).
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Zalando, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 94767, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94767.
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