Amazon.com Inc. has announced a new fulfillment center in the Charter Township of Shelby, MI, which will add 1,000 full-time jobs to the roster. Workers at the one-million-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship large items like sports equipment and gardening tools. Amazon has announced two other Michigan facilities in Livonia and Romulus and a corporate office in Detroit since 2016. Together with the new facility, Amazon says its Michigan workforce will total more than 3,500. Amazon shares are nearly unchanged in Thursday premarket trading and up 33.3% for the year so far. The S&P 500 index is up 11.6% for 2017 so far.
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