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Why curbside pickup has been a win for both retailers and consumers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 26, 2021
The ease of online shopping combined with the immediacy of pickup could save retailers on logistics and draw customers back from delivery.
An employee delivers a curbside pickup order to a customer's vehicle at a California Best Buy store in November 2020. Curbside pickup has proven a win-win for customers and retailers during the pandemic.
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A look at why retailers may be closing so many stores

by Marielle Segarra
Jan 21, 2020
Are retailers shedding space because they have too much or because they're not giving customers the best store experience?
People walk through a nearly empty shopping mall in March 2017 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Toys R Us is gone, but fret not, retailers say

by Renata Sago
Oct 22, 2018
They see a chance to grab the defunct store's share of sales.
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Toys R Us is gone, but fret not, retailers say

by Renata Sago
Oct 22, 2018
They see a chance to grab the defunct store's share of sales.
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Starbucks is opening 12,000 more stores

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 7, 2016
Half here, half in China.
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