| Shipmate | |
| Industry: | Logistics |
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| Hq Location City: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Hq Location Country: | USA |
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Shipmate Fulfillment is an American order fulfillment company that provides warehousing, distribution, and third-party logistics services.[1]
Prior to founding Shipmate Fulfillment, Elie Antar founded the Valu-Plus chain of variety stores in 1973. The Antar family owned and operated the chain until it was sold to Rainbow Shops in 2011.[1]
Elie Antar's son Brian began using the family's warehouse as a wholesale distributor and online retailer in 2014. After a dispute with Amazon about the fulfillment of the company's orders, Elie and Brian founded their own fulfillment company, Shipmate Fulfillment, in 2019.[1] It is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Shipmate Fulfillment implemented a policy of looking to hire laid-off service industry workers to work in its warehouse.[3] After pandemic restrictions were lifted, Shipmate Fulfillment held a job fair in Philadelphia in June 2021.[4] [5]
Shipmate Fulfillment provides warehousing, packaging and shipping for e-commerce and B2B companies in their 300,000 SF warehouse in Philadelphia.[6] The company works with businesses in a variety of industries, including apparel, housewares, electronics, accessories, and more.[1] [7]