Amazon opens two new delivery facilities in the US

Amazon has opened two new delivery stations in Connecticut to cope with a surge in packages for the 2023 holiday season.

One of the facilities is located in Glastonbury and covers an area of ​​105,000 square feet, and the other is located in South Windsor and covers an area of ​​180,000 square feet. Since its opening, the two distribution stations have hired 250 employees, including full-time and part-time employees. Amazon will increase the scale of recruitment in the coming months.

Angie Aguilar Villalobos, Amazon Partnership Area Manager, said: "We are delighted to officially launch our delivery station in Glastonbury, creating good local jobs and ensuring we are better able to deliver to customers in the area. We look forward to continuing to work with the town, deepening our relationship with the community and finding ways to give back to the communities we serve."

“This last-mile delivery station not only brings hundreds of new jobs to the region, but will also help us ensure we can provide excellent service to customers throughout Connecticut,” said Habib Makhlouta, head of Amazon’s website.

It is worth mentioning that Amazon previously announced that the 2023 Amazon Prime Member Promotion ended perfectly. Public data shows that during the two-day 2023 Amazon Prime Member Promotion, Amazon's largest October holiday season event in history was launched. Amazon Prime members around the world purchased hundreds of millions of items and saved more than $1 billion through various discounts; Prime members purchased more than 150 million items from third-party sellers in Amazon stores.

On the first day of the event, U.S. Prime members purchased more than 25 million items for same-day or next-day delivery, of which hundreds of thousands of items were delivered within four hours of purchase. For the first time, U.S. Prime members used Buy with Prime to purchase holiday promotional items outside of the Amazon store.