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Walmart to build 2 e-commerce fulfillment centers

15 December 2021

Walmart building new ecommerce fulfillment centers

Walmart is adding nearly 2 million square feet of warehouse space to expand its growing e-commerce fulfillment operations.

The retailer on Wednesday announced it would build a more than 1 million-square-foot center in Salt Lake City. That followed an announcement last week of a 925,000-square-foot facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Utah facility will employ approximately 450 full-time employees and open in the summer of 2022. The Tennessee facility will employ up to 300 and open in the fall of...

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GXO to open, operate Arizona DC for Abercrombie & Fitch

6 October 2021

GXO Logistics will open a “highly automated” distribution center in Goodyear, Arizona, for customer Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

The center, which will cover approximately 715,000 square feet, will include automation and goods-to-person robotics. GXO (NYSE: GXO) said it expects to employ about 300 at the location, which will be the eighth warehouse, covering a total of more than 2 million square feet of space, that GXO operates in the area for customers.

“We’re excited to expand our partnership with...

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Plug Power extends into e-commerce space with Walmart

16 December 2020

Plug power expands into e-commerce with Walmart.

Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) has announced that its hydrogen and fuel cell solutions are expanding into Walmart e-commerce applications.

The expansion began in August 2020 and will continue into 2021, according to a release. The Tuesday announcement said that across North America, Walmart has 37 distribution centers that use over 9,500 Plug Power-supported GenDrive fuel cell-powered vehicles.

With about 40,000 units in the field and over 100 fueling stations in North America, Plug Power provides...

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1A Auto driving for faster deliveries with Jacksonville warehouse

9 December 2020

1A Auto will park its Southeast distribution operations in Jacksonville, Florida.

The online-only aftermarket auto parts retailer will open an 86,800-square-foot warehouse near JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal in the first quarter of 2021.

Massachusetts-based 1A Auto will use the Jacksonville facility for same-day shipments of imported auto accessories and repair parts from Asia for e-commerce distribution throughout the southeast United States.

“Our new facility’s proximity to JAXPORT,...

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