https://www.wsj.com/articles/todays-top-supply-chain-and-logistics-news-from-wsj-1513768720
…”New shopping patterns in Midwestern, middle-class communities suggest that there’s life after e-commerce for store-owning retailers. That’s evident in the former timber hub of Wausau, Wis., which is seeing its big shopping mall once packed with chain stores wither in the face of online sales even as business prospers at the town’s compact downtown shopping district. The WSJ’s Valerie Bauerlein writes that Wausau is thriving economically as residents shop online for mass-market goods and then head downtown to storefronts that offer hyper-local goods and a thoroughly different shopping experience. The result: online sales in the region are rising faster than the rest of the country even though sales at local stores are rising and the town’s shopping district is packed. It’s a sign of retailing heading in two very different directions with highly distinct supply chains, and signals that operators serving sites such as the faltering Wausau Center mall will find more goods heading through distribution centers on their way to homes while local retailers craft entirely strategies.”…
NEW NORMAL….
SMALL BIZ MAIN STREET REVIVAL…. INSTANT GRATIFICATION
ONLINE SUPERSTORES COMPETITION ON PRICE ASIDE !
PS – MAY I SUGGEST TO THE CLICK CLICK CLICK THEY BUY IT IN FRONT OF MY EYES OWNER A LESSON IN ECONIMICS 101…
MAKE YOUR BIZ ELECTRONIC AND PUT THE DAMN STORE ALL ONLINE THE MINUTE A SHOPPER COMES IN TO BROWSE…
NO MORE CASH REGISTERS… ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND TEACH THEM… NO MORE PRICE TAGS ON ITEMS
OMG I EVEN HAVE TO TEACH HOW TO SELL
UNREAL
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