The run up to Christmas has officially begun with thousands of households surfing the internet to find those perfect gifts. To see how Amazon purchases get to people's front doors, a Derbyshire Live reporter took a guided tour of Derby's EMA1 (East Midlands Airport 1) Amazon fulfilment centre.
The warehouse is the size of 18 football pitches, and located on Wilders Way just off the M1. There are thousands of employees at the site, who work 10-hour shifts for four days, with a three-day break in between.
Amazon says that most products come from small to medium sized businesses, and are delivered to the Derby site from two receive centres in Coventry and Doncaster, which serve the whole country. The items are then sorted, packaged and sent on their way to customer's houses and businesses in HGVs.
