re: Amazon facility coming to Boyce

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It’s great and all and only 20 minutes from my house, but what is Amazon trying to accomplish? They built a 5 story building in Shreveport across from my office that isn’t being used at the moment and currently building another building in west Shreveport. Clarence and Baton Rouge has facilities now. Now a building in Boyce. They’re popping up like Dollar Generals. It seems like building buildings too close together could be harmful in the long run. Walmart learned this mistake by building their Distribution Centers too close to one another.

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Different facilities serve different purposes. See my post above but the last mile facilities are for normal items people order frequently and they are trying to achieve one-day or same-day deliveries on those items.

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They’re popping up like Dollar Generals. It seems like building buildings too close together could be harmful in the long run. Walmart learned this mistake by building their Distribution Centers too close to one another.

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You could look at it like this. Each Walmart Supercenter is essentially distribution center in Amazon's world.

If it carries the normal junk people order every day, that could open up an Amazon area for same day or next day shipping. by opening so many last mile facilities. Your Amazon experience is the same as going to the store.

I know this would screw with their overhead, but with all this Amazon real estate, maybe they could consider opening up some of the warehouse space for a new division. I will call it Amazon Prime Club Warehouse. It would be a Sams Club with a limited selection of bulk items and most ordered items in a region at an Amazon facility. In order to get in you have to be a Prime Member, like Sams Club or Costco. They can even start a Prime Gas Station and or serve food on the cheap.

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