Amazon to Open Customer Service Center in Kentucky

Amazon.com said it plans to open a new 70,000 square-foot customer service facility in Winchester, Ky., near Lexington. Amazon said it will invest more than $20.7 million and create more than 550 full-time and 600 seasonal jobs by 2017 at the facility, which will provide customer service and technical support. The retailer said the Winchester customer service center is expected to open in late summer and will be based at a temporary location until the permanent facility opens in 2013.