Biggest-ever Wal-Mart warehouse rises in Bethlehem
Wal-Mart plans 'largest ever' warehouse in Pa.; Amazon boosts Pa., Del. hiring
Pennsylvania, once the Workshop of the World, is now just America's Warehouse:
- Wal-Mart says it will open "its largest ever" warehouse in Bethlehem, Pa., in the Spring, and hire 350 workers to ship electronics, toys, guns and other popular items. Liberty Property Trust says it has leased to Wal-Mart the newly-completed 1.2 million sq ft facility at 2785 Commerce Center Blvd.
- Amazon.com says it will hire 70,000 new workers to ship Christmas orders through its warehouses in Pennsylvania, Delaware and ten other states. Amazon has 3 warehouses in east-central Pennsylvania -- more than any other state except Indiana and Kentucky -- and two more in Middletown and New Castle, Del.
Wal-Mart, like other store-based retailers, is trying to boost its warehouse operation so it doesn't end up like Borders, Best Buys and other online-retailing victims.
Wal-Mart, like other store-based retailers, is trying to boost its warehouse operation so it doesn't end up like Borders, Best Buys and other online-retailing victims.
Source: Philly.com
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