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Walmart to build new e-commerce facility in Pennsylvania

Planned fulfillment center continues omnichannel supply-chain expansion

Russell Redman

March 8, 2022

2 Min Read
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Besides the Shippensburg, Pa., facility (see rendering above) Walmart has recently announced e-commerce fulfillment centers for Olive Branch, Miss.; Salt Lake City; and Lebanon, Tenn.Walmart

Walmart has extended a flurry of e-commerce supply-chain projects with plans for a new fulfillment center in southern Pennsylvania.

To be located in Shippensburg, Pa., the 1.8 million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center will help process online orders, Walmart said Tuesday. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant aims to open the facilty, situated at 2281 United Dr., this spring.

The Shippensburg site, expected to create up to 600 jobs, will be used to store millions of items ordered via Walmart.com to be picked, packed and shipped directly to customers as soon as the next day. Walmart noted that its e-commerce fulfillment centers differ from distribution centers, which focus on receiving, storing and distributing product to Walmart stores.

Overall in Pennsylvania, Walmart operates seven distribution centers and 160 retail stores and has more than 60,000 employees.

“We are proud to open a new state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Shippensburg, which will be instrumental in providing our customers with increased access and faster shipping on millions of every-day low priced items,” Steve Miller, senior vice president of supply chain operations at Walmart U.S., said in a statement. “In addition to faster shipping, our investment in Shippensburg will bring a positive impact to the community by bringing even more employment opportunities to a growing local economy.”

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The project marks the fourth e-commerce fulfillment center announced recently by Walmart, including three in just over a month. In January, the company unveiled plans to build a 1 million-square-foot e-commerce facility in Olive Branch, Miss. That followed December announcements of a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center for Salt Lake City and a 925,000-square-foot automated fulfillment center in Lebanon, Tenn. The Olive Branch center is due to launch this spring, with the Salt Lake City facility slated to go into operation in this summer and the Lebanon facility opening in the fall.

Walmart has said fulfillment centers have become a pillar of its plan to boost supply chain capacity to help power omnichannel growth. Through the fiscal 2022 fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, Walmart U.S. e-commerce comparable sales climbed 70% on a two-year stack. For all of fiscal 2022, e-commerce sales gained 11% and were up 90% over two years.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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