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Non-Alcoholic Brand Boisson Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Closes all Stores

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“This and other difficult decisions have been made, including the decision to close all retail locations. Bodkins took pains to stress that Boisson’s setback is not a failure for the NA category at large. Bodkins took pains to stress that Boisson’s setback is not a failure for the NA category at large. “No

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

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Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. What you offer [in terms of fast fulfillment], and to whom, is very important.

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Getting to Grips with Gen Z

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It is assumed that they are more adept at using the technology in their hands and that this facility will inform their consuming behaviors, which McKinsey refers to as “seamless and intuitive adoption of online shopping and transactions.” Many still live at home, unable to afford to buy property, so are dependent on the bank of Mom and Pop.

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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

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They also provide an answer to some of the challenges created by the pandemic, as executives from Woodman’s Markets and Badger Technologies discussed during a session titled The Rise Of Robotics In Retail at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference.

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In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

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It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. That number was even higher in January 2021. “

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