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3 ways retail warehousing impacts profitability

6 River Systems

Not only does retail warehousing enable companies to bolster regional distribution efforts and reduce last-mile delivery challenges, but the repurposing of prime real estate space is a boost to the economy, as well. Companies strive to balance transportation costs with the costs of real estate and labor. billion with U.S.

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Retail Apocalypse Predicted to Continue

Enterra Insights

There will be displaced low-income workers, shrinking local tax bases and investor losses on stocks, bonds and real estate. Howland reports, “[UBS] analysts’ best case estimate is for 75,000 stores to collectively shutter by 2026, if e-commerce penetration rises from today’s 16% to 25%.” Footnotes. [1]

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 9.28% from 2019 to 2026. It minimizes the cost of real estate, picking, storage, retrieval and last-mile delivery costs too. From 2022, we can see a steady rise in enterprise businesses investing in last-mile delivery software. Billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 10.78