Then, in a startlingly change of tune, Amazon committed to building a distribution facility in California.

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The distribution facility locks Amazon into a bona fide physical presence, obligating it to collect California sales tax regardless of the Amazon tax.

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Goya is currently building a distribution facility in Texas to more cheaply bring its American-made Latino products to a huge chunk of the Latino population: Mexicans and Mexican-Americans living in Texas and California.

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Assistant State Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner told CNN that 18 Texas firefighters have died on duty so far this year, including 10 first responders killed in an explosion at a fertilizer distribution facility in West, Texas.

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Before this facility opened, GameStop operated out of its distribution center through a series of interlocking mezzanines spread out over multiple floors on top of a warehouse.

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Starting this month, the new distribution center will begin stocking parts for both the Tesla Roadster and Model S. In addition to parts warehousing, Tesla plans to utilize this facility for vehicle importing operations, final vehicle assembly and distribution, service headquarters, technical training operations, parts remanufacturing, collision repair and more.

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That calls for more centralized distribution, where the cost benefits can spill over to the store-bound inventory that's sharing the facility.

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