Simon & Schuster is expanding its Riverside Distribution Center in Delran, N.J., by 200,000 square feet, with construction beginning this month and expected to be completed by the end of the year. The facility is S&S's primary warehouse, distribution and customer service center for its North American operations, shipping books to retail, wholesale and specialty accounts for both Simon & Schuster and its distribution clients. S&S has more than 40 distribution clients, including Andrews McMeel Publishing, Baen, Baseball America, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Franklin Covey, Gallup, Meadowbrook Press, Merck, Reader's Digest, Regan Arts, Tuttle Publishing, Viz Media and Weldon Owen.
In addition to greater storage and title capacity, the expanded facility and state-of-the-art equipment will contribute to improved flow of incoming and outgoing inventory, resulting in faster turnaround time for customer orders and a reduction in traffic on streets in the warehouse vicinity. The addition's high bay/high density design will allow the company to double its pallet storage capacity.
"Distribution clients have always been a major component of our business strategy, and with this expansion of our Riverside facility we are committing significant resources to growing our family of clients, and to maintaining best-in-class service for our existing clients," said Carolyn Reidy, president and CEO of Simon & Schuster. "We have had a long and happy residency in Delran, and are pleased to have worked in conjunction with the Town of Delran and Burlington County to launch this exciting new phase in our relationship with the southern New Jersey community."