>> Welcome to Inside Indiana
Business, I'm Mary Angela
Redman in place for Gary Dick,
it's holiday time for holiday
shopping, inflation on
interest rates, and an
uncertain economy, driving how
much money people are going to
let loose of. Holiday sales
are excited to grow slightly
over last year but people are
cautious and likely to spend
less. Retailers said market
trends years ago, setting up
billions of dollars of
inventory from last year,
consumers saying they started
shopping months ago,
e-commerce expected to grow
over 6% this year, Indiana
playing a big role in the
e-commerce space, when it
comes to on -- online shopping
is top of mind for consumer
>> And green would shopping
center, is whether most
innovative cutting edge
centers in the country, and
joining me to talk about all
this amazing technology is
Andre Goodson, one of the PR
managers from Amazon. To me
about what I'm looking at, I
see robots, I see all kinds of
things in my mind is blown. We
are heading into peak holiday
season, so what are you guys
doing to make sure this is a
successful 2022?
>> Well, what we are really
excited about this year you
can see this is the minister
-- manifestation of 20+ years
in e-commerce fulfillment as
well as innovative
technologies.
>> you know in terms of what
we are looking at, right? Talk
about these yellow moving
things that are moving these
packages. How does that all
work? I guess, in layman's
terms.
>> Mercy and the coordination
between our incredible
workforce and our robotic
technology the pics of these
packages, they deliver to our
customers, and associates so
they can package them up and
we can send those right to the
customers front doorstep, is
incredible to see this
technology up close and
personal, as it helps us get a
cell for -- safer more
efficient workplace.
>> What's so unique about this
facility in terms of speed?
Speak this so fulfillment
center has hundreds of
thousands of items we can
deliver to customers in less
than -- two hours or less, and
we look forward to the hustle
and bustle as we deliver to
customers the season. In our
fulfillment we deliver to
multiple customers in this
facility it handles are
sortation, full helmet as well
as our delivery, see you get a
chance to see is customers, we
pick those items, package
those items and get that out
the front door with an a
matter of hours.
>> Is incredible, again the
technology here is mind
blowing. But another thing I
think people may not know is
Amazon actually supports
several medium to small size
businesses Justin Indiana
alone, can you talk about that
little bit?
>> Amazon's presence means
more than just the jobs we
offer in these four walls of
the facilities, we support
small and medium businesses,
and in fact in Indiana alone
we have over 22,000 small and
medium-size businesses as well
as authors I continue to sell
on our marketplace and our
platforms to reach means of
customers across the globe.
Just another way we are
impacting the local economy.
>> Economic impact is a big
one as well, and the Hoosier
State, can you talk about the
numbers, in terms of gnomic
investment, then
infrastructure?
>> Since 2000 gnomic
investment, then
infrastructure?
>> Since 2015, we've invested
billions in cloud computing
systems and will contine to
make those investments and
we've contributed over 13
billion in our economy alone,
and will continue to make
those investments in years to
come in Indiana. Speak Mark
MacKinnon people look forward
to, I guess this holiday
season, with things kind of up
in the air, some people worry
about things not being on
time, can you give, I don't
know, a seal of approval for
Amazon getting Christmas
presents and the like to
houses across the country?
>> Of course, we are really
excited and comforted we are
going to deliver for customers
this holiday season. We made
all the investment, we are
forced hundred fulfillment
centers and delivery centers
on a fleet of 110 aircraft, so
we are excited for this
holiday season, that in
addition to our robotic
technology and incredible
workforce, over 24,000 ploys
that work across the state of
Indiana, we know we are going
to deliver for his years all
across the state.