Order Fulfillment
February 14, 2012
Saks will expand its distribution and fulfillment capacity, adding a new facility in Tennessee this year. The new center will occupy approximately 564,000 square feet of leased space and will be located in LaVergne, Tenn. It will be equipped with a sophisticated mobile-robotic fulfillment system that's been successfully deployed in Saks’ Maryland facility. Saks expects the Tennessee facility to be operational by August.
February 9, 2012
Amazon.com is in talks to open two warehouses in New Jersey in a deal that could bring 1,500 full-time jobs to a state where unemployment has hovered around 9 percent. State Assembly Democratic Leader Louis D. Greenwald said Amazon's seeking a 22-month sales tax holiday — opposed by some retailers and at least one lawmaker.
January 27, 2012
A number of online sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon learned about the company's ban on hazardous materials the hard way. Citing its HazMat policy, Amazon destroyed their inventory, including such items as Glade plug-ins, first aid kits, hair coloring kits, perfume, nail polish and hair spray. Certain kinds of batteries are also banned, including when they're packaged with other products.
January 25, 2012
Kohl's announced that it's entered into a purchase agreement to build a new e-commerce distribution center in DeSoto, Texas. Expected to open in summer 2012, the building will fulfill Kohls.com purchases.
January 24, 2012
Amazon.com has announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The facility will create hundreds of new full-time jobs and involve a $50 million investment in the state.
January 17, 2012
In October, Amazon.com moved to a split-shipment policy for some merchants who use its Fulfillment by Amazon service. On Monday, additional sellers received notice that they too would be impacted by the policy.
January 13, 2012
With the holiday shopping season over, import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports should be nearly flat during January compared with the same month last year, but significant year-over-year increases are expected this spring, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
January 12, 2012
The integrated shipping tools included in a multichannel retail management system helped this specialty retailer fulfill orders automatically
December 23, 2011
Amazon.com announced plans to open two fulfillment centers in Virginia, investing a total of $135 million. The company said it will invest $85 million and create more than 1,000 jobs in Chesterfield County, and invest $50 million in Dinwiddie County, creating more than 350 jobs.
December 21, 2011
Behind the piles of smiley-faced Amazon.com boxes arriving on doorsteps this holiday season are workers like Ray and Sarann Williams. The retired couple are part of the swarm of seasonal employees taking up temporary residence in this small desert city — home to one of Amazon's warehouses — to help the online-retail giant fulfill its influx of holiday orders.
