Brick-And-Mortar Retailers Rush to Open More Fulfillment Centers As They Strive to Keep Pace in a Changing Landscape
Retailers Are Focused on Faster Delivery, Transportation Costs
Sam’s Club plans to spend the coming months converting closed stores
into distribution centers to fill online shopping orders, joining other
national retailers in scrambling to grab up warehouse, industrial or
even former big box store properties in response to the boom in
e-commerce.
In another sign of a rapidly changing retail landscape, the rush to seize these properties is prompting developers to revitalize industrial areas across the country. Retailers are seeking to cut delivery times and transportation costs, raise their e-commerce capabilities and compete with a changing landscape driven by Amazon, which operates more than 300 distribution and delivery centers that process shipments from other parts of the country to get individual packages to the homes of shoppers... ...more
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