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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

If a single image has come to define the failure of global supply chains amid the Covid-19 crisis it’s that of the Ever Given – one of the world’s largest container ships – seized in a diagonal death grip inside the Suez Canal, heavy with more than twenty thousand units of cargo aboard. Slave laborers load cotton onto waiting ships.

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Does Your Store Have Community Charisma?

Retail Adventures

Please note that some of the examples in this article happened pre-pandemic, before masks and social distancing were the law of the land. The television show Friends celebrated its 25 th anniversary in 2019 and Central Perk selfie opportunities popped up everywhere. We'll get back there someday! Clean as a Whisker Pet Spa in St.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 269 – Amazon and Instacart get new CEOs, other news

Retail Geek

9:39] In the same way it made sense for Amazon to rent a WS capacity to others and you know provide some of these other services it’s a way to monetize their delivery Network and their fulfillment Network so I think it’s super smart. Um I do think Shopify had some aspirations in the 3pl side of things and I assume.