Order Fulfillment

A number of online sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon learned about the company's ban on hazardous materials the hard way. Citing its HazMat policy, Amazon destroyed their inventory, including such items as Glade plug-ins, first aid kits, hair coloring kits, perfume, nail polish and hair spray. Certain kinds of batteries are also banned, including when they're packaged with other products.

Kohl's announced that it's entered into a purchase agreement to build a new e-commerce distribution center in DeSoto, Texas. Expected to open in summer 2012, the building will fulfill Kohls.com purchases.

Amazon.com has announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The facility will create hundreds of new full-time jobs and involve a $50 million investment in the state.

In October, Amazon.com moved to a split-shipment policy for some merchants who use its Fulfillment by Amazon service. On Monday, additional sellers received notice that they too would be impacted by the policy.

With the holiday shopping season over, import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports should be nearly flat during January compared with the same month last year, but significant year-over-year increases are expected this spring, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

The integrated shipping tools included in a multichannel retail management system helped this specialty retailer fulfill orders automatically

Amazon.com announced plans to open two fulfillment centers in Virginia, investing a total of $135 million. The company said it will invest $85 million and create more than 1,000 jobs in Chesterfield County, and invest $50 million in Dinwiddie County, creating more than 350 jobs.

Behind the piles of smiley-faced Amazon.com boxes arriving on doorsteps this holiday season are workers like Ray and Sarann Williams. The retired couple are part of the swarm of seasonal employees taking up temporary residence in this small desert city — home to one of Amazon's warehouses — to help the online-retail giant fulfill its influx of holiday orders.

Ever wondered how your Amazon order gets to you, or what's involved? We show you what happens, step-by-step, from when you click to purchase to when the van arrives at your door.

With a 60,000 square-foot facility in Fayetteville, Ark., Acumen Brands’ current warehouse and order fulfillment system is light-years from where it was just two short years ago when the company was founded.