Retailers and distributors are looking for their newest warehouses to do more than store goods these days. Companies including outdoor goods retailer Recreational Equipment Inc. and drug distributor McKesson Corp. are adding features such as natural light, automation aimed at easing work burdens and fitness centers and outdoor work areas to make the industrial sites more inviting as they compete to recruit and retain workers in a tight job market. The upgrades are a departure from the often-grim industrial facilities at the heart of a warehouse business that has been booming in recent years even as getting workers has grown more difficult. Developers say the working environment in a warehouse, long considered simply utilitarian, is a growing consideration as firms talk about new sites.
That’s all for this week. Enjoy the weekend and the song of the week, in honor of my grandmother’s 99th birthday yesterday, The Beatles’ Birthday.
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