Quarterly “click and order” sales are growing 5x quicker than “bricks and mortar” sales
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Online shopping-related jobs added (2002-2014)
And growth in e-retail is creating new jobs
But, e-retail depends on fast and predictable supply chains, which means businesses are changing the way they move and store goods
Amazon, for example, has added about 40 million square feet of distribution warehousing in the last 10 years...
...And FedEx is seeing surging demand for efficient package delivery in population centers
To get goods delivered quicker, companies like Amazon are also adding many more distribution centers and locating them close to congested mega-region populations
As e-commerce becomes a major economic force, investment to support a fast and reliable urban freight delivery network will become even more vital