Macy’s outgrows California omnichannel facility
Macy’s plans to quadruple the size of a central California distribution facility that has played a key role in the execution of the retailer’s omnichannel strategy.
The company plans to relocate its West Sacramento, Calif., direct-to-consumer fulfillment center to a larger facility in a nearby location in Sacramento County to support continued sales growth driven by Macy's omnichannel strategy.
Contingent on approvals by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, Macy's will begin operations in summer 2015 at a 385,000-square-foot facility at 6200 Franklin St., creating approximately 100 new jobs. The current 92,000-square-foot fulfillment center is located about 10 miles away at 3919 Channel Drive in West Sacramento.
The current workforce of 72 associates is planned to grow to more than 175 after the move. Macy's multi-million-dollar upgrade to the new fulfillment center will include building modifications and the latest technology in material handling equipment and warehouse management systems.
"Our West Sacramento fulfillment center, combined with our fulfillment center in Goodyear, Arizona, have been very successful in serving customers in the western United States. The rapid growth of Macy's direct-to-customer shipments, rooted in our omnichannel approach to business, requires us to continue to strategically add fulfillment capacity so our customers can receive their orders quickly and efficiently. Customers today are shopping whenever, however and wherever they prefer - via stores, desktops and mobile devices - and we continue to invest to meet the customer demand," said R.B. Harrison, Macy's, Inc. chief omnichannel officer "We are choosing to expand and invest in Sacramento County, based on the quality of the workforce and the outstanding support we have received from the local community."
Macy's, Inc. operates about 840 stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico under the names of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, as well as the macys.com and bloomingdales.com websites. The company also operates 13 Bloomingdale's Outlet stores.