Last Friday Borders Group officially opened its new, 600,000-sq.-ft.
Northeast Distribution Center in Carlisle, Pa., which replaces the
125,000-sq.-ft. center in Middletown, Pa., that is closing this year.
In the near future, the Carlisle DC will process and ship more than four million books a
month to more than 430 Borders and Waldenbooks stores in the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic regions.
About half of the 100 employees of the Middletown DC have moved to the new facility. Currently the center has 180 employees but as it gets up to speed, it will have about 500 workers. In early 2008, Borders will make the DC responsible for all book returns and reshipment for Borders and Walden stores in the U.S.
In connection with the opening, Borders and Scholastic are donating 400 books--one for every new job the DC has created--to Bellaire Elementary School in Carlisle, which is moving soon. Borders is also helping fill the expanded library in the new school building.
Borders now has six U.S. distribution facilities, which process and ship more than 240 million books a year.
About half of the 100 employees of the Middletown DC have moved to the new facility. Currently the center has 180 employees but as it gets up to speed, it will have about 500 workers. In early 2008, Borders will make the DC responsible for all book returns and reshipment for Borders and Walden stores in the U.S.
In connection with the opening, Borders and Scholastic are donating 400 books--one for every new job the DC has created--to Bellaire Elementary School in Carlisle, which is moving soon. Borders is also helping fill the expanded library in the new school building.
Borders now has six U.S. distribution facilities, which process and ship more than 240 million books a year.