How Amazon warehouses around the world work

Amazon.com is the largest online store where you can buy almost everything from books and electronics to household appliances and furniture. No wonder such a large supplier of goods has some of the largest warehouses around the world. Recently, the company's management announced that they are going to open another warehouse in the former premises of the General Motors plant in southeast Baltimore. This warehouse can provide jobs for more than 1,000 people. Let's take a look at other warehouses of this largest distributor.

(Total 32 photos)

1. Warehouse in Milton Keynes, north of London. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

2. Parcels on a conveyor belt in a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

3. A worker at Amazon's new warehouse in Dunfermline, Scotland. The warehouse occupies over 93,000 sq.m. - that's about 14 football fields - and is the largest Amazon warehouse in the UK. It has provided jobs for 750 people, and another 1,500 workers are joining in the peak season. The November-December season is the most important for such companies. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

4. A worker loads boxes at a warehouse in Newcastle, Delaware, USA. The modern Amazon logo was supposed to depict a smile, which is directed from the first to the last letter of the alphabet. This should mean that the store delivers everything to everyone, everywhere in the world. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

5. A worker sorts parcels at an Amazon warehouse in Leipzig. Each store employee must spend two days every two years interacting with customers. Even the CEO. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

6. General view of the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig. Christmas is just around the corner, which means that the company's employees will have a difficult time ahead. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

7. Parcel from the Amazon site on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado. The company's earnings increased by 41% in the last quarter, and their shares rose in price by 6%. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

8. A worker checks ready-to-ship packages at a warehouse in Newcastle, Delaware. Amazon.com owns 10% of the e-commerce market in North America. Another 10% comes from Office Depot, Stapes, Apple, Dell, WalMart, Sears, Liberty combined. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

9. Amazon warehouse employee in Milton Keynes, UK. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

10. Warehouse worker collects goods for shipment to customers in a warehouse in Newcastle, Delaware. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

11. An employee lost among boxes in a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

12. Amazon warehouse in Goodyear, Arizona, USA. (Rick Scuteri/Reuters)

13. A worker carries boxes through a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

14. Work at the new Amazon center in Dunfermline, Scotland, is in full swing. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

15. Another photo of the Amazon warehouse in Dunfermline, Scotland. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

16. Amazon warehouse in Goodyear, Arizona, USA. (Rick Scuteri/Reuters)

17. Workers scan goods at the Amazon warehouse in Leipzig. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

18. Amazon.com was created in 1994 by American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos and launched in 1995. The company was named after the Amazon River, one of the longest rivers in the world. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

19. Initially, the site only sold books. In June 1998, the store began selling music CDs, and in November of the same year, video products. Later, MP3s, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food and toys appeared in the assortment. Now Amazon is the world leader in e-commerce! (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

20. Ready-to-ship parcels in the warehouse in Leipzig. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

21. Amazon made $61 billion in revenue last year and, according to comScore, Amazon.com is fifth on the top 2,000 most popular domains on the internet. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

22. A worker checks ready-to-ship boxes at a warehouse in Newcastle, Delaware. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

23. Warehouse worker in Newcastle, Delaware, collects goods for packaging. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

24. The total area of all Amazon.com warehouses exceeds 700 sports complexes, such as Madison Square Garden, all warehouses of the store could hold more water than 10,000 Olympic swimming pools. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

25. Amazon warehouse worker in Milton Keynes. Last year, when the store's website was down for 49 minutes, the company lost about $5.7 million in sales. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

26. Parcels on the conveyor in a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

27. Unique Amazon users are about five times more valuable than eBay users. On average, one Amazon user brings $189 to the service, while eBay brings only $39. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

28. Packing goods in a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

29. Amazon warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

30. Mountains of duct tape with the name and contact details of the company. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

31. And again a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

32. An employee puts a new product on the shelves in a warehouse in Milton Keynes. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)