distribution center

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The roots of the legal action date back to Sept. 30, 2021, when a large fire engulfed the warehouse and distribution center of the cosmetics corporation Virgin Scent.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

What’s Next: Amazon is still testing new retail formats, including smaller Whole Foods stores, and is opening a supercenter in suburban Chicago in 2027, with groceries, household products, general merchandise, and a distribution center.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

The distribution center was built earlier this year to serve Amazon, which occupies the entire 143,060-square-foot facility in what CoStar said is “one of the most in-demand industrial corridors in the country. “

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Cencora today operates one so-called national distribution center in Lockbourne, Ohio, near Columbus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot