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.
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)
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)
The packing section is shown at the fulfillment centre, which ships orders for Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s growing online sales. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
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)
Five-star packer-associate Marilyn Jarboe fills orders at her work station. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
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)
Associates monitor the overall work flow of the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s centre. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
Associates Dennis Kleptach, left, and Thomas Harder ready packages for a mail scanner. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
An infrared mail scanner weighs and records outgoing packages. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
Associate Elijah Katsanis loads an outgoing tractor trailer truck with packages. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
A portion of the vast exterior of the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s fulfillment centre is shown at sunset in Martinsburg. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
An associate is surrounded by incoming product boxes at the Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s fulfillment centre. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
Associate Robert Rutherford fills a shoe order on his automated fork lift. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
Building engineers overlook one of the vast bin areas. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
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