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- Sep 30, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Zalando Closes Its Erfurt Fulfilment Centre
- On 8 January 2026 Zalando announced "the difficult but necessary decision to close our fulfilment centre in Erfurt, Germany, planned for the end of September 2026", a site where around 2,700 people worked[1][6].
- It said the closure follows a review of its pan-European logistics network after teaming up with ABOUT YOU; it will also stop operations at three warehouses outside Germany run by external providers, leaving 14 fulfilment centres in 7 countries[1][5][6].
- After talks failed, a court-appointed arbitration board imposed a social plan in July 2026 covering severance for the roughly 2,100 staff still employed, about 1,800 on permanent contracts and 300 on expiring fixed-term ones[2][3][4].
- A spokesman confirmed the closure date stays at the end of September and that Zalando has set aside €80 million for it, for severance and possibly extra costs such as temporary staff[2][4].
- The works council said Zalando refused to fund a transfer company to help staff into new jobs, calling that "shameful"; the Thuringian state government had criticised the closure[2][3].
- Erfurt is where Zalando grew up after its founding; a new logistics site is being built in Gießen[2].
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- [1]75%corporate.zalando.com/en/convenience/zalando-reshapes-logistics-network-creating-more-value-customers-and-partnerscorporate.zalando.com· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Sep 30, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
Zalando's 8 January 2026 release says it will "close our fulfilment centre in Erfurt, Germany, planned for the end of September 2026", and on 9 July 2026 a spokesman told dpa "Es bleibe bei der Standortschließung Ende September" (the closure stays at the end of September); pinned to 30 September.
- [2]86%Zalando in Erfurt: Sozialplan steht – Schließung Ende September bleibtt-online.de· Published Jul 9, 2026· 19% of score
dpa report: arbitration board imposed a social plan for the roughly 2,100 remaining staff, spokesman confirms closure at the end of September and €80m provisions; works council criticises refusal to fund a transfer company.[1]
- [3]84%Schließung: Aus für Zalando-Standort Erfurt besiegelt – Sozialplan stehthandelsblatt.com· Published Jul 9, 2026· 19% of score
Handelsblatt: 2,100 people lose their jobs as the social plan is signed; the date stays at the end of September; the interest-balance talks failed.
- [4]80%Zalando: Sozialplan für Standort Erfurt abgeschlossentextilwirtschaft.de· Published Jul 9, 2026· 19% of score
TextilWirtschaft: the closure costs Zalando[1] about €80m; social plan for about 2,100 staff, 1,800 permanent and 300 fixed-term.
- [5]72%Zalando plans to close its Erfurt logistics centreworldfootwear.com· Published Jan 20, 2026· 10% of score
Trade report: closure of the Erfurt fulfilment centre by September 2026 affecting around 2,700 Zalandos, works council negotiations begun.[1]
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