Post by CMF Newsman on Feb 3, 2012 8:51:49 GMT -5
Hectic though it is, Groundhog Day at Amazon's Chattanooga Fulfillment Center is nothing compared to the rush this past Christmas.
A Christmas that almost wasn't.
"It was not expressed as a deal-breaker," says Deputy Gov. Claude Ramsey, the former Hamilton County Mayor who helped broker the deal that brought Amazon's distribution warehouses to Hamilton and Bradley Counties in late 2010.
"It (not having to collect sales taxes) was what got them to look at us."
www.wrcbtv.com/story/16665650/amazon-in-tennessee-amazing-growth-amid-taxing-questions
A Christmas that almost wasn't.
"It was not expressed as a deal-breaker," says Deputy Gov. Claude Ramsey, the former Hamilton County Mayor who helped broker the deal that brought Amazon's distribution warehouses to Hamilton and Bradley Counties in late 2010.
"It (not having to collect sales taxes) was what got them to look at us."
www.wrcbtv.com/story/16665650/amazon-in-tennessee-amazing-growth-amid-taxing-questions