Inside Amazon warehouses around the world
Amazon.com will open a 1 million-square-foot distribution center that could employ 1,000 people at the site of the former General Motors plant in southeast Baltimore. Here’s a look inside Amazon warehouses around the world.
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- Workers are seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- Parcels move along a conveyor belt in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker lifts a box at Amazon’s new fulfilment centre after it was opened by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond in Dunfermline, Scotland, November 15, 2011.The warehouse covers more than one million square feet (93,000 square metres), about the size of 14 soccer pitches, and is Amazon?s biggest in the United Kingdom. It will create 750 permanent jobs, along with a further 1,500 temporary jobs during peak periods. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)
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- A worker loads a shipment of outgoing boxes at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. Retailers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
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- A worker sorts packages at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- A general view shows packages at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado July 23, 2008. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday its quarterly profit doubled on a 41 percent rise in revenue, sending its shares up more than 6 percent. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
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- A worker checks a shipment of outgoing boxes at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. retailers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker collects products for shipment to customers at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. Retailers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
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- A worker walks through aisles at the Amazon warehouse in Milton Keynes November 30, 2007. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)
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- Merchandise sits at the Amazon Phoenix Fulfillment Center in Goodyear, Arizona, November 16, 2009. Amazon.com Inc has led the way in lobbying for online retailers to remain exempt from charging sales tax, arguing that they are protected by a 1992 Supreme Court decision, according to the report by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. (Rick Scuteri/Reuters)
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- A worker carries boxes through the Amazon warehouse in Milton Keynes November 30, 2007. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)
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- Work is carried out at Amazon’s new fulfilment centre after it was opened by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond in Dunfermline, Scotland, November 15, 2011.The warehouse covers more than one million square feet (93,000 square metres), about the size of 14 soccer pitches, and is Amazon?s biggest in the United Kingdom. It will create 750 permanent jobs, along with a further 1,500 temporary jobs during peak periods. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)
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- Work is carried out at Amazon’s new fulfilment centre after it was opened by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond in Dunfermline, Scotland, November 15, 2011.The warehouse covers more than one million square feet (93,000 square metres), about the size of 14 soccer pitches, and is Amazon?s biggest in the United Kingdom. It will create 750 permanent jobs, along with a further 1,500 temporary jobs during peak periods. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)
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- Merchandise sits at the Amazon Phoenix Fulfillment Center in Goodyear, Arizona, in this file image from November 16, 2009. The White House on January 29, 2010 hailed a report of 5.7 percent economic growth in the fourth quarter as “the most positive news to date on the economy” and said the Obama administration’s focus must remain on job creation. (Rick Scuteri/Reuters)
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- Workers scan goods at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- Workers sort packages at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- Workers sort packages at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- A worker carries packages for shipment at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- Workers sort packages at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, December 3, 2008. The shelves at the company’s warehouse become full during the busiest time of the year before Christmas. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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- A worker checks a shipment of outgoing boxes at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. retailers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
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- A worker collects products for shipment to customers at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. Retailers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
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- A worker checks a shipment of outgoing boxes at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. Retailers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)
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- Parcels move along a conveyor belt in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- A worker is seen in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London November 17, 2006. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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