Kohl’s Department Stores announced it would develop a 951,000 square-foot distribution center near Dallas, Texas to service the retailer’s e-commerce business in the central region of the U.S.
The facility is slated to open this summer and the company said it would initially be staffed 200 full-time employees, growing to approximately 400, including part-timers, over the next three years.
Kohl's said in a statement that its Kohls.com business increased 50 percent in 2010 and that it expects e-commerce sales to reach $1 billion this fiscal year.
When the DeSoto, Texas facility opens, Kohl's said it would be operating 13 U.S. distribution centers.
This is the company's fourth e-commerce distribution center, with the other centers located in San Bernardino, Calif., Monroe, Ohio and Edgewood, Maryland.
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