Ahead of festive season, Amazon India invests in six new fulfillment centres
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Amazon India has invested in six new fulfillment centres in Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai. Spread over a total area of close to 2.5 million square feet currently, the company’s fulfillment centres will see1.5x growth in storage capacity to upto 7.5 million cubic feet of space.Currently, over 1.3 million products are available for immediate shipping through Amazon’s fulfillment centres in India. These are present across 10 states viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal. With this new step, Amazon would be able to offer its Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service to several thousand more small & medium businesses.
“Fulfilment Centres fulfil important needs of small and medium enterprises seeking markets and customers located all over India and lacking resources to create their captive distribution networks; local entrepreneurs seeking opportunities to provide goods and services; qualified and educated young workforce in remote and rural areas seeking employment and skill development,” Akhil Saxena, Vice President, India Customer Fulfilment, Amazon India said.
“Apart from these benefits, the FC will also enable faster and quicker delivery of products to consumers across the region” he added.
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