A large new Walmart fulfillment center officially opened in Franklin County on July 13.
The cavernous warehouse building includes 1.8 million square feet of space to build out Walmart’s growing e-commerce business.
The opening comes as Walmart is trying to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon. Walmart+, its retail subscription service, lags far behind Amazon Prime. Walmart’s current share of the online market, 7%, is roughly one sixth the size of Amazon’s 39.5%.
Walmart notes the facility is a fulfillment center, not a distribution center. The difference is that distribution centers handle products that go to stores, while fulfillment centers process items that are then shipped directly to customers.
The facility joins Walmart’s six other distribution centers and four fulfillment centers in Pennsylvania: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/walmart-fulfillment-center-franklin-county/521-189517b7-4896-43a9-9fb9-21c826fe3f8e
The cavernous warehouse building includes 1.8 million square feet of space to build out Walmart’s growing e-commerce business.
The opening comes as Walmart is trying to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon. Walmart+, its retail subscription service, lags far behind Amazon Prime. Walmart’s current share of the online market, 7%, is roughly one sixth the size of Amazon’s 39.5%.
Walmart notes the facility is a fulfillment center, not a distribution center. The difference is that distribution centers handle products that go to stores, while fulfillment centers process items that are then shipped directly to customers.
The facility joins Walmart’s six other distribution centers and four fulfillment centers in Pennsylvania: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/walmart-fulfillment-center-franklin-county/521-189517b7-4896-43a9-9fb9-21c826fe3f8e
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