To accompany and be at the forefront of the growth of digital commerce, Free Market inaugurated the expansion of its software center of Cordoba.
The investment of 22 million pesos, aims to double the space and employees. 875 square meters of space and 100 operational positions in City entrepreneur, joined way to the airport.
In this way, it is expected to make ends year with about 200 workers in Cordoba (now has 130) of the four thousand that the company has in total.
The inauguration was led by Daniel Gandara, head of the Cordovan center, and the president and founder of the company, Marcos Galperin. Cutting ribbons participated deputy governor, Martin Llaryora, ministers Ricardo Sosa and Roberto Avalle and other provincial officials.
The technology sector is almost the only one who continued to invest and incorporating workers after the devaluation. This comes from the hand of the growth of digital activity. It is that the evolution of e-commerce depends less on inflation or the exchange rate, but the actual transfer of the virtual channel. “In the last quarter of 2015, our transactions grew by 40 percent in real terms. In Brazil, despite the crisis, the increase was higher, “Galperin said.
In particular, the development of new tools, Market Payment and Market Shipments (logistics), which can be incorporated into any site e-commerce, they are generating a huge boost.
In Cordoba, it is the technological development of these two instruments, in addition to working in vertical, classified and implementation of open platforms for any other page.
Galperín also referred to the trends for the coming years. “Three years ago, free market transaction had no cell phone; Today, one third comes from mobile devices and surely this will increase, “he predicted.
The other focus is on the new virtual reality devices, watches and Internet of things (any device connected to the Internet).
Entrepreneur Support
As part of an ecosystem of assistance to new businesses and ideas, Mercado Libre has a prominent place not only as a leading company but also because it participates actively.
“There are many new projects that have made people went free market created exempleados aid funds” exemplified Galperín.
In addition, the company has its own investment fund with a capital of 150 million pesos, already made 15 investments in new projects, eight of them in Argentina and the rest in Latin America.
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