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Amazon s arrival in Ireland will change the way we shop

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, Bezos earned around €15,000 in the time it has taken you to read this sentence.

Brexit: Amazon to launch first Ireland fulfilment centre to mitigate UK border chaos

Don t show me this message again✕ Amazon-branded freight and trucks are pictured at Rosslare Harbour, Ireland, on 27 January, 2021. (AFP via Getty Images) Amazon is reportedly looking to open its first packing warehouse in Ireland, allowing it to avoid delays brought by new Brexit trade arrangements. The retail giant wants to use a 650,000-sq-ft unit at a business park in Baldonnell, west of Dublin, according to the news agency. If the deal goes ahead, customers are expected to receive Amazon purchases faster, as many items are currently dispatched from the UK. Gilles Fernandez, the commercial director of An Post Commerce, which delivers Amazon parcels in Ireland, hailed the move as “good news” for Irish customers.

Amazon eyeing first fulfilment centre in Dublin

Amazon eyeing first fulfilment centre in Dublin The e-commerce giant is reportedly securing a warehouse space in west Dublin for packing and shipping out Irish orders locally. Amazon is reportedly preparing to open its first fulfilment centre in Ireland, which will speed up deliveries to Irish customers. Bloomberg first reported that the e-commerce giant is in the process of securing a 650,000 sq ft warehouse in Baldonnell in west Dublin. This would be Amazon’s first full-fledged fulfilment centre in Ireland where orders are packed and shipped out. Orders to Ireland have typically been fulfilled in the UK. Last year, Amazon opened a delivery warehouse in Rathcoole for Amazon Prime orders as a go-between, where its local delivery partner Zeus Logistics could pick up orders arriving from the UK. Most other Amazon shipments are currently handled by An Post.

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