Type
Business expansion
Country
Austria
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

50 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011

Description

Vorwerk, the specialist for vacuum cleaners, is to increase the number of its field sales staff from 350 to 400 by the end of the year as a result of a planned business expansion. Within the coming five years, the company aims to expand the direct sales force up to 500 employees. Currently, the client portfolio covers around 500,000 customers in Austria, where the company sells annually around 60,000 vacuum cleaners with a turnover of around EUR 20 million.


Sources

  • 14 September 2011: Wirtschaftsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Vorwerk, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 72359, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72359.