Walmart is opening up a new dedicated e-commerce
fulfillment center in the Majestic Bethlehem Center. This is the second
facility that Walmart is building in Bethlehem.
The 1.2 -million-square-foot center is expected to create
300 jobs in Bethlehem to support the company’s growing e-commerce business.
Coupled with the first fulfillment center previously announced in October,
Walmart will invest $96 million and employ about 650 people full-time in the
two Bethlehem fulfillment centers.
The first facility, in the Lehigh Valley Industrial Park
VII and measuring 1 million square feet, will employ about 350 of those
full-time employees.
Both facilities are set to open in 2015.
“We continue to expand our next-generation fulfillment
network with state-of-the-art e-commerce facilities, like the one in Bethlehem,
in order to support the rapid growth of our e-commerce business,” said Brent
Beabout, senior vice president of supply chain and logistics for Walmart Global
eCommerce. “… We can serve more customers faster and at a lower cost.”
Source: LVB.com
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