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The build up to Christmas - Amazon style!

Ben Christopher

7th December 2012

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The images below give an idea of the scale of resources at Amazon's disposal. They're from one of their "Product Fulfillment Centres", huge warehouses/distribution centres, the like of which last year "2.1m items were shipped in the space of 24 hours" in the build up to Christmas in the UK. BBC video on Amazon's distribution system

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Ben Christopher

Now teaching in Dubai.

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