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This story was originally published on Supply Chain Dive. Amazon plans to build a 248,687-square-foot sorting warehouse in Georgetown, Texas, according to a July 6 Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing. The sorting warehouse within Amazon's fulfillment network will be equipped with robotic systems that bring items to employees for customer orders prior to being packaged and sent out, Amazon spokesperson Austin Stowe told Supply Chain Dive.

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The company’s ongoing 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge will apply to the peak season fees, which start Oct. 15. Amazon will once again apply higher fulfillment fees during the holiday shipping rush for its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime services, the company announced Tuesday. Fulfillment by Amazon fees are calculated and charged when shipments leave fulfillment centers, meaning products shipped on or after Oct. 15 will encounter the peak season charges.

Amazon revealed on Tuesday that it will reintroduce elevated fulfillment charges for the busy holiday shipping period across its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Buy with Prime offerings. In a response on Amazon's Seller Central platform, the company explained that, like other major carriers, it imposes temporary surcharges on fulfillment fees when costs stay high, to offset some of the actual expense increases it faces.

Amazon is planning to construct a 248,687-square-foot sorting warehouse in Georgetown, Texas, as disclosed in a July 6 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Amazon's team is in the early stages of developing this operations facility in Georgetown, with the aim of providing local customers with faster delivery of everyday essentials while generating new jobs in the community, the spokesperson commented in an email.

The site will sit within the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment network and further expand its use of automation across the supply chain. An Amazon fulfillment center in Detroit. The e-commerce giant will break ground on a Texas sorting facility in August.