Posted on 05/08/2016 7:03:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
vAmazon giveth, and Amazon taketh.
The giant internet retailer said on April 27 that it will create 2,000 full-time jobs by opening two more fulfillment centers in New Jersey.
One will be a 600,000-square-foot facility in Florence, Burlington County, generating 500 new jobs.
The other will be an 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Carteret, Middlesex County, that will generate about 1,500 jobs.
Together, the two facilities will bring Amazon's total physical footprint in the Garden State to 2.5 million square feet of space, if you count three existing centers.
The irony is that Amazon made the announcement the day after a news report that retailers were prepping to lay off 37,000 workers this year, due largely to the shuttering of brick-and-mortar stores.
The 37,000 is the most in one year since the 2008 recession - and more than double the number of layoffs in 2015.
Online shopping is the cause, led by Amazon.com.
E-commerce sales nationally - which included catalog sales - were up 14.6 percent in 2015 from the previous year, while retail sales for physical stores rose by a fraction of that - just 1.4 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Moody's senior retail analyst Charles O'Shea said: "We expect more square footage reductions going forward as online sales are growing faster than brick-and-mortar for virtually all non-food retailers."
Some observers say the retail layoffs signify the industry's realignment.
Surely, some of those losing their jobs in "real stores" will be hired to do something else, such as filling carts with online orders at an Amazon fulfillment center versus restocking shelves.
Mike Roth, Amazon's vice president of North America operations, said the new Carteret facility "will offer wages 30 percent higher than traditional retail stores and include benefits, bonuses, and stock options."
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You should start a tool and equipment discussion list. Had I known how handy and rapid air driven impact drivers were, I would have bought one years ago.
I took them in high school. I still remember my drafting teacher and his name though not the names of many other teachers
You should start a tool and equipment discussion list. Had I known how handy and rapid air driven impact drivers were, I would have bought one years ago.
I have lots of tools. I like to work on my roof. Youtube has helps me lots with fix-it problems. Do you resort to youtube for advice?
I like fixing things. But you might be more of a tool guy. You seem to be in a rural situation where you can spread out to do more things. I don't have room to work with air-tools unless I really clean out and organize my garage. I am going to try and do this. You can start an infrequent tool and equipment discussion list. Lots of freepers like using them. meaning doing repairs themselves and some are preppers and semi-preppers.
I fix and repair, and maintain what I can. Something on the farm is always needing attention.
Farmers have always been tool users, tool inventors all to save on back breaking labor. The first guy who ran Lockheed Skunkworks grew up on a Michigan farm. Many of our earlier inventors were farm boys but most Americans lived on farms back then.
How about the guy who invented how to make rolls of hay instead of baling it? I have no idea when that one came about. I see how farm tractors come with GPS and laser sighting these days. Its a bit humorous how advanced they have become. Of course the smaller simple tractors are still on the market too.
Yes, farming is very high tech now. I do have several tractors but none much bigger than 100 HP, and none with a guidance system. I’m not big enough to pay for those items.
We bought a Vermeer big round baler in the early 70s. Dad was the first in the county.
how about the stores where customers walk in examine the item they want and buy it for far less online?
how about the instant bar code scanners apps on your smartphone which tell you if a nearby store has it for less?
(that was so bad for retailers that home depot started selling home depot only versions of products)
I am impressed and never knew it was called a Vermeer which sounds like a Dutch name... like New Holland equipment. I read that haying was one of the most dreaded farm jobs back in the day. That it was hot and dusty due to the time of year it was done. A round baler sounds 1000 times nicer if I am a farmer or his sons.
The Vermeer balers were made in Pella, Iowa. Farming is a hard business, often fraught with danger and sometimes lethal accidents. I’ve had a couple of very close brushes with disaster. Keep safe.
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