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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. Once these materials get dedicated to [making a particular product] for a specific customer or location, that’s when the stakes get raised.

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SoulMakes is a Leader in Crystal & Gemstone Gifts

Independent Retailer

Now, SoulMakes exclusively offers wholesale to boutique, tourist, resort, and general merchandise stores. The minimum order for retailers located within the U.S. is $100, $200 for retailers located in Canada, and $300 for international retailers.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Woodman’s Markets operates 230,000-square-foot stores with approximately 100,000 SKUs each, and like most grocers its inventory was hit hard by shoppers stocking up early in the pandemic. The robots also can improve merchandising.

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

Retail TouchPoints

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. Return Meets the Resale Economy.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 272 – Q2 E-Com Data, Walmart/Target Earnings, and Amazon Dept Store!?!?

Retail Geek

WSJ wrote Amazon Plans to Open Large Retail Locations Akin to Department Stores. 30:21] Severe uncertainty about the holiday and I think everything we talked about for ship again in last year’s going to be worse this year. We discuss. Episode 272 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday August 20, 2021.