Big Dog Holdings, Inc. has moved its distribution center to a new modern facility in North Carolina. The newly built distribution center is in Lincolnton, North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte. The facility is 230,000 square feet, expandable to over 400,000 square feet if needed. Big Dog Holdings invested more than $4 million in state-of-the-art technologies and equipment for the facility, including advanced conveyor systems, automated shipping and receiving systems and an enhanced inventory management infrastructure. Initially, the company will employ approximately 100 people at the facility.
“Big Dog Holdings has experienced significant growth during the past few years,” said John Wood, senior vice president of distribution at Big Dog Holdings, Inc. “This new facility is an improvement in all areas that will enable us to efficiently get product into the distribution center and back out to market faster. This was a great opportunity to increase our capacity and speed in servicing our stores.”
Big Dog Holdings' distribution center for the past nine years was a 120,000 square-foot facility in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. that employed approximately 100 people. Roughly 15 percent of the employees from that facility were relocated to North Carolina, with the rest being provided with severance packages and assistance finding new jobs.
“The new distribution center is having an immediate effect on our business. An improved labor pool, the updated systems plus the option of being able to expand to an even larger facility provide for better integration as we look toward the future and the continued expansion of our company,” said Wood.
The location for the new facility was determined after a comprehensive study on how to best service The Walking Company and Big Dog Sportswear stores across the country.
