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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The presence of kiosks linking buyers to the online store The ability to ship from other stores and warehouses Your store going dark completely, becoming a micro-distribution center (DC)? 3: Buy in-store, ship to home is gaining speed. Especially in apparel, this can be an incredible drag on margins.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Right I go out of the inventory that’s getting unpacked right now is Home Improvement and apparel that had a like a nice Spike. So I did a test order and exactly like wish the promise ship date was like 21 days. So you order this shirt and then you wait 21 days and wow.