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 has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.

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