“With resources designed to support growth from start to scale, Indiana is committed to building an ecosystem that attracts investment from businesses like Discount Comic Book Service and Lunar Distribution and enables them to compete on a global scale.” Interested applicants can email resumes to central location, pro-business environment, and talented workforce continue to draw businesses to Indiana,” said Interim Secretary of Commerce Jim Staton. Positions include customer service representatives, order pickers and packers, forklift drivers, tax specialists, and more. DCBS/InStockTrades currently employs 32 associates in Indiana (in addition to about 30 in Tennessee) and will make up to 40 new hires. Lunar Distribution, which currently employs 65 associates, will hire up to 90 new employees. The facility was recently built as a shell building by the owners of Continental Diamond Tool. Lunar Distribution will lease the entire 150,000-square-foot structure and occupy about 100,000 square feet, subleasing the remainder to DCBS and InStockTrades. Route 24 and less than a half-mile from I-469. The companies will co-locate in a newly built facility just east of 10511 Rose Ave. “Our commitment to customer service will allow for continued growth for years to come.” Locating our operations in New Haven will allow for optimal efficiency,” said Christina Merkler, co-owner at Lunar Distribution. in Fort Wayne, outgrowing a space on Calhoun Street. To accommodate the rapid growth, the company expanded into a 25,000-square-foot warehouse at 415 Ley Rd. In the following months, Lunar Distribution won a contract to become a national distributor and wholesaler for a major publisher. Lunar Distribution LLC was founded by the Merklers in April 2020 to fill the gap when another distributor decided to shut down amid the pandemic. InStockTrades now occupies a 40,000-square-foot warehouse in Memphis and has seen double-digit growth in each of the last three years. In 2004, the Merklers formed InStockTrades, a sister company, to focus on a specific segment of the DCBS product line. The company has grown to become the largest online, direct-to-consumer comic and pop-culture retailer in the country from its facility on Calhoun Street in Fort Wayne. Combined, company leaders anticipate adding up to 130 new jobs and investing up to $832,000 by the end of 2024.ĭCBS was founded in 1999 in the basement of the Merkler family’s Fort Wayne home.
Lunar Distribution LLC today announced plans to move into a brand-new facility in east Allen County, co-locating with Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS) and its sister company, InStockTrades. – A fast-growing comic book distribution company has selected New Haven as its new home.
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