Amazon India will undertake expansion of its Fulfilment network in India, with 10 new Fulfilment Centres (FCs) and expansion of seven existing buildings.
With this expansion, Amazon.in will have more than 60 FCs in 15 states, with a total storage capacity of over 32 million cu ft.
The new FCs include specialised network of FCs for large appliances and furniture category and Receive Centres. Amazon India’s Fulfilment network will be spread across a floor area of more than eight million sq ft.
With the expanded network of more than 60 FCs, the company is looking forward to creating thousands of job opportunities with competitive pay.
The investment in infrastructure and technology is to provide sellers with closer access to Amazon’s Fulfilment offerings, customers with faster delivery on a wider selection of products and help ancillary businesses such as packaging, transportation and logistics.
The new FCs will be set up in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ludhiana and Ahmedabad.
The expansion is designed to deliver a smarter, faster and more consistent experience for Amazon India’s customers and sellers across the country. All new FCs will be operational before the festive season, enabling customers to stay safe at home and have what they need delivered at their doorsteps.
When using Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA), sellers across India send their products to Amazon’s FCs, and once an order is placed, Amazon picks, packs and ships the order to the customer, provides customer service and manages returns on behalf of the sellers.
The recently introduced Receive Centres are product collection points where sellers ship their products for further distribution across the Amazon FC network in India.