Abstract:
QVC, the TV and Internet retailer, will build a one-million-square-foot distribution facility near Tarboro in Edgecombe County. It will be the company's fourth and largest distribution center. Target date for completion is June 2000. The $70 million project will add over 1,000 jobs to the county's workforce. In 1998, QVC shipped over 62 million packages from its other distribution centers.