Amazon is opening up retail stores. It’s a process dubbed “clicks-to-bricks”. High end retailers like Nordstrom are also closing big-ass stores and opening up small try-on shops (Nordstrom Local) with NO inventory instead. Even big-box stores like Target are sizing down. What’s happening? Retailers have realized that American buying habits are changing. And […]
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