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elgato
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject: Amazon will open three new fulfillment centers in Tennessee |
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Amazon.com Inc is opening an approximately 500,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Lebanon, TN. The e-retailer, No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, says it will create hundreds of full-time and seasonal jobs at the facility this year.
The Lebanon facility will be Amazon’s third fulfillment center in Tennessee. Amazon plans to open two additional facilities in the Volunteer State in the fall, in Chattanooga and Cleveland, creating 1,200 new full-time jobs, it says. This will bring the retailer’s total space in the state to more than two million square feet.
“We’re delighted to be expanding our investment in Tennessee, bringing hundreds of additional jobs to the state,” says Dave Clark, vice-president, Amazon North American operations.
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elgato
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Amazon will open three new fulfillment centers in Tennes |
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Update:
"Amazon agrees to collect sales tax in Tennessee by 2014"
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced an agreement with Amazon.com Inc. today under which the retailer would begin collecting sales tax in the state by January 2014. In the meantime, Amazon would build distribution centers and create thousands of jobs in the state and lobby for a federal law supporting nationwide sales tax collection. The agreement must still be approved by the Tennessee General Assembly.
“We’re grateful to Gov. Haslam and the legislative leadership for their commitment to Tennessee jobs and development, which will allow Amazon subsidiaries to create at least 3,500 full-time jobs and $350 million in investment in the state,” says Paul Misener, vice president of global policy for Amazon, No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide. Amazon has agreed to develop 2,000 more jobs than it had initially planned in Tennessee, says Haslam, a Republican.
Today’s announcement followed a legal opinion issued earlier this week by Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper, who clarified that “as a general rule, the state of Tennessee cannot contractually waive” sales tax responsibilities. Cooper’s opinion was requested by state legislators who were opposed to granting Amazon an exemption from sales tax collection in exchange for its plans to build distribution centers in the state.
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