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Article: Amazon books 300 new jobs; Internet retailer to open Scots distribution centre

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May 20, 2004
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INTERNET retailer Amazon today unveiled plans to open a major distribution centre in the west of Scotland with 300 new jobs.

The massive warehouse - the size of five football pitches - will open in the autumn in Gourock, Inverclyde.

Amazon, originally an on-line bookseller, is now an internet shopping centre, selling everything from clothes to DVDs.

The Gourock centre will handle orders for a wide range of products - including CDs, books, electronic goods, toys and DIY tools - from customers in Europe, Asia and the US.

It will be the firm's second UK base and follows an 80% jump in international sales over the past year.

Allan Lyall, Amazon's vice-president for European operations, ...

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