Wayfair CEO Details Company’s Expansion To Pittsfield

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Josh Landes

Published December 27, 2018 at 12:00 PM EST

Wayfair, a Boston-based online retailer, is expanding to the Berkshires in 2019. In a deal with Massachusetts that will see the company create 3,300 jobs in the state, Wayfair will receive more than $31 million in tax credits. 300 of those jobs will be at a new call center in Pittsfield. WAMC spoke with CEO Niraj Shah about the company’s plans in the county.

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Josh Landes

Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018, following stints at WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Western Massachusetts, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. His free time is spent with his cat Harry, experimental electronic music, and exploring the woods.

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