The world’s most powerful shopping search engine, Yroo, announces the growth of its Irish operations, creates 33 jobs
22nd Semptember 2016
Yroo, a search engine for smart shoppers, today announced that it will grow its Irish base with the creation of 33 jobs over the next 3 years.
Yroo is growing its new offices in Dublin, Ireland in order to build out global operations and support customers in more than 35 countries where the company currently transacts across North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Employee retention continues to be strong and hiring is at all all time high, with 450 percent growth since the company’s founding less than 2 years ago.
Yroo was introduced to Ireland through ConnectIreland, the company responsible for delivering the Government’s ‘Succeed in Ireland’ initiative, as part of the Action Plan for Jobs, in association with IDA Ireland.
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, welcomed today’s announcement: "This is another vote of confidence in Ireland and in the skills of the Irish workforce. It is so fitting that a company designed to harness ‘people power’ has decided to invest in Ireland. Ireland has developed extensive expertise in ICT generally and the greater Dublin area is now an ideal location for companies like Yroo who are involved in the competitive and dynamic world of eCommerce.”
The Irish office will be responsible for management and international sales, as well as business development, marketing, software development and customer support.
Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin Vickers, also welcomed news of the expansion: “This latest venture by the Toronto-based firm is a testament to the consistent growth in two-way investment and strong commercial relationship enjoyed by Ireland and Canada. Once in effect, the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will encourage even more investment between Ireland and Canada.”
In just over a year, Yroo has been the starting point of over 25 millions shopping trips and have inluenced more than $2 million dollars in purchases due to its offering of a seamless shopping experience which allows customers to shop from over 7,000 merchants and 100 million items all in one place. Yroo has also grown its customer base to more than 10 million users and is currently growing at an average of 15,000 new registered users per day, primarily driven by peer-to-peer recommendations.
“We’ve seen such a rapid adoption in a very short period of time because we’re finally able to give users the tools to easily find exactly what they want – at the right price, from the right merchant – to take the frustration out of online shopping,” said James Cunningham, CEO of Yroo. “We believe that Ireland is the right place for us to be in order to continue to break new ground and grow well into the future.”
