Macy's Inc. opened a 1.3-million-square-foot state-of-the-art 'fulfillment centre' this year in West Virginia to ship its online orders to northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. It's part of a growing trend toward online shopping by bricks-and-mortar stores.
Please enable JavaScript to view this content. Open this photo in gallery: Associate Bonnie Joswick fills an order in her automated lift truck in the vast shoe section at the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s fulfillment centre in Martinsburg, West Virginia Dec. 6, 2012. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Associate Joseph Rodeheaver fills clothing orders at the fulfillment centre. The 1.3-million-square-foot centre cost $150-million (U.S.) to build. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: The packing section is shown at the fulfillment centre, which ships orders for Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s growing online sales. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Associates process orders at the fulfillment centre in Martinsburg, which was expected to create 1,200 year-round jobs when fully operational, plus seasonal part-time positions. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Five-star packer-associate Marilyn Jarboe fills orders at her work station. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Blue bins full of customers’ orders move down a conveyor belt. Workers at the centre prepare and ship orders primarily to U.S. customers in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Associates monitor the overall work flow of the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s centre. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Associates Dennis Kleptach, left, and Thomas Harder ready packages for a mail scanner. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: An infrared mail scanner weighs and records outgoing packages. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Associate Elijah Katsanis loads an outgoing tractor trailer truck with packages. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: A portion of the vast exterior of the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s fulfillment centre is shown at sunset in Martinsburg. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: An associate is surrounded by incoming product boxes at the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s fulfillment centre. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Associate Robert Rutherford fills a shoe order on his automated fork lift. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Building engineers overlook one of the vast bin areas. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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