About You
German online fashion retailer acquired by Zalando.
About You, the German online fashion retailer Zalando acquired in 2026, is cited as part of the network realignment behind Zalando's closure of its Erfurt logistics centre, ending 2,100 jobs by September, not as an AI-driven cut.
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About You is a German online fashion retailer.
Zalando acquired the company in 2026, and the merger is the reason the retailer cites for realigning its German logistics network: closing its Erfurt centre by the end of September 2026, ending 2,100 jobs, and opening a new site at Giessen .
About You has not itself been reported as the source of any job cuts; the closure sits at Zalando's own facility, and coverage that attributed it to AI rather than the merger has needed correcting.
About You reshaped Zalando's network
About You is a German online fashion retailer that Zalando acquired in 2026. The merger is the reason Zalando cites for realigning its German logistics network, including closing the Erfurt centre by the end of September 2026 and opening a new site at Giessen .
About You itself has not been reported as the source of the job losses; the 2,100 roles affected, 1,800 of them permanent, sit at Zalando's own Erfurt facility, not at About You's operations. The distinction matters because commentary this fortnight had wrongly folded the closure into a wider AI-jobs narrative Zalando itself disputes.
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