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9 min read An Irish ‘fulfilment centre’ will make shopping easier, but it has downsides for consumers and smaller retailers Jeff Bezos has had an excellent pandemic. Since the global crisis began a year ago the Amazon.com founder and chief executive has seen his net worth jump by €59 billion to €156 billion. His pile of money has grown by an average of €160 million a day or €1,850 every single second since the world started keeping its distance and washing its hands with the vigour of a heart surgeon heading into an operating theatre. Based on such growth, Bez...

A delivery warehouse for Amazon Prime customers opened in Rathcoole in Dublin last year, but this would be the first Amazon premises in Ireland where products are picked and packaged for delivery by Amazon staff. This would mean faster delivery times on items purchased from Amazon by Irish customers, many of which are currently processed in the UK and delivered in Ireland by An Post. Gillez Fernandez, commercial director of An Post Commerce, has described the proposed centre as “good news for Irish Amazon customers”, saying: “By avoiding the Brexit pipeline, Amazon can get their parcels...

Brexit boost for Irish Amazon shoppers as web giant plans Dublin distribution base Updated: 29 Jan 2021, 16:53 IRISH Amazon shoppers could be set for a Brexit boost as the online retail giant is close to opening a logistics centre here, it's reported. Amazon is understood to be looking into taking on a huge fulfilment facility for orders to be processed and packaged in Baldonnell, Dublin, Bloomberg reported. 2 2 Amazon already operates an Amazon Prime delivery warehouse out of Rathcoole. But a move for Amazon to set up a full distribution centre here would see Irish shoppers dodge any customs...

Amazon deliveries about to get even faster as they prepare to open their first Irish distribution centre Hoping to avoid UK fees and extended delivery times, it looks like Amazon had found a new home in Ireland.   Feeling the pinch since the start of Brexit? With additional charges on items ordered from the UK and a significant delay in delivery times, it can feel a little like the world is moving backwards during this pandemic. But the delivery chaos as lit a few fires amongst retail giants and it looks like Amazon might be first off the mark with the launch of a new distribution centre in...