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JUNE 13, 2019

Some items are much easier to buy online than others. But when retail gets more niche or specialized, like in the arena of specialized outdoor goods and equipment, the consumer’s interests and needs are a bit different. Generic consumer commodity items – paper towels, toothpaste, batteries, etc. –

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APRIL 6, 2020

Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. Indie bookstore Powell’s in Portland, Oregon couldn’t guarantee that the order would be processed until seven to 14 days. And eCommerce success is dependent upon shipping. Therein lies a serious problem.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Thanks to a strategic partnership with one of Africa’s largest online shopping platforms, eBay could do the same for yet another continent. Despite operating an ocean away, MallforAfrica owns a logistics center in Portland, Oregon, from which it will handle the shipping and fulfillment for eBay orders destined for African travel.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Ten years later, the company continues to disrupt the diamond mining and traditional jewelry retail space with its lab-grown diamonds — offering customers a diamond alternative they can truly feel good about buying. For diamond mining companies and many traditional jewelry retailers, this technology comes as a major threat.

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JUNE 1, 2017

Sur La Table operates more than 100 brick-and-mortar stores, a website, and a catalog. Second, “Rather than carry bulky items on a bus, train or Uber, people in participating markets can now go home, order it online, and get it quickly,” said Rosenfeld. “It It already offered merchandise delivery. For $14.99

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AUGUST 8, 2018

On the eCommerce front, Wayfair , the online home furnishings retailer, has taken steps in recent years to better control its logistics network, from manufacturers’ inbound supply links to the middle mile network, as well as home delivery. Wayfair reported a surge in orders over the past year, with 6.5

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MAY 23, 2016

It has been a particularly grim retail season for the mall staples that defined landscape of the late ’90s and early 2000s. Karen Webster described this scenario in 2014 as The Coming Physical Retail Death Spiral. “So Same-store sales in retail locations were up on average 1 percent from the same time in 2015.

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APRIL 5, 2017

RI and YG: While attending Drexel a couple years ago, we found it unbelievable that there wasn’t an online alternative to running around, store after store, cab after cab, to get the supplies and products students and young professionals needed daily. RI and YG: Our pricing model works very similar to any retail convenience store.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

But Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon says that the two online rental startups are actually vastly different from one another. Since its founding, Vacasa has grown from a two-person company to employ more than 1,300 people at offices in Portland, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho, as well as numerous field personnel in the 14 U.S.

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