- Amazon has created four new massive warehouses employing 3,500 people ahead of Black Friday
- The company is preparing for the biggest day on record as customers take advantage of the low-cost deals
- Small businesses selling their products through Amazon’s Marketplace are offering their own special deals
Staff at Amazon are preparing for their busiest Black Friday on record tomorrow.
Workers at the Peterborough fulfilment centre in Cambridgeshire are getting ready for a frantic festive season of picking and packing, with millions of Britons set to snap up the limited time deals.
Amazon is offering deals on thousands of gifts, with its Black Friday store open until Sunday.
Staff at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Cambridgeshire, pictured, is preparing for the ‘busiest black Friday’ on record
Staff will be working around the clock as shoppers take advantage of the sales to buy their presents for Christmas
The company has opened four new warehouses across the country which have created 3,500 new permanent jobs
There will also be thousands of ‘Lightning Deals’ on offer with products available at a discount, in limited quantities, for a short period of time.
This year hundreds of small businesses selling on Amazon Marketplace will also be offering thousands of Black Friday deals.
‘Customers tell us they love getting extra low prices so they can save on their Christmas shopping. This year we have hundreds of small businesses from our Marketplace offering great deals on their unique and creative products, making it even easier to find perfect gifts with our Black Friday sale,’ said Doug Gurr, Country Manager, Amazon.co.uk.
This year Amazon has opened four new fulfilment centres in the run-up to Christmas and the sites have created more than 3,500 new permanent jobs.
Gayle Hunter, Founder of Luxelu, which sells its own brand of lifestyle products via the Fulfilment by Amazon service, said: ‘Black Friday has grown for us year on year, and it’s helped us to grow our business by increasing sales and reaching new customers.
‘We’re expecting this year to be bigger and better than ever before, with more customers discovering our products which helps to build our brand in the UK and across Europe.’
The Cambridgeshire warehouse is one of four opened by the company employing a total of 3,500 permanent staff