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Report: Amazon scouting South Carolina for new warehouse site
As Amazon.com fires up for Black Friday and holiday shopping, the ecommerce giant is making plans for a new distribution center to store and ship products. The Charlotte Business Journal reports the company is looking for a site for a more than 500,000-square-foot warehouse in York County and other counties in South Carolina.
That would mark a change of direction for Amazon, which streamlined its U.S. distribution network earlier this year, shuttering three major warehouses in Munster, Ind., Red Rock, Nev., and Chambersburg, Pa.
Amazon is looking for a site near an interstate in South Carolina, according to the Charlotte Business Journal, which reports the distribution center is expected to employ more than 500 workers. York County is just south of Charlotte, N.C.
South Carolina has had success luring some of Washington state's economic powerhouses lately, with Boeing picking South Carolina for the second production line for the 787 Dreamliner program.
Amazon on its website says it has fulfillment and customer service centers in 12 U.S. states and 8 foreign countries, though it doesn't give the total number.
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