The Save Local event will be dedicated to indie stores and tap into the consumer's desire to save money and support local businesses.
How we can celebrate indie stores and promote sales by hosting a Save Local event.
When one thinks of shopping locally, some consider it an act of charity. One may pay more and get less selection. That’s not a recipe for success. In contrast, the world’s most successful retailers, Walmart and Amazon, operate on just the opposite principles: low prices and massive selection. When I’m in Walmart's Panama City Beach location, it’s so massive I feel like I’m in the Giants' stadium. Amazon sells 12m items on its website (
350m ...
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Left: mini-warehouse with a computer monitor and metal warehouse shelves in an old retail space / Right: traditional retail space occupied by a jewelry store. Location: 10th St. and 1st Avenue / East Village / New York City
A new trend in retail is vacant shops in urban neighborhoods being converted to small warehouses. In the East Village on 10th Street, we see on the left the new warehouse model; on the right we see a traditional retailer. For the ‘store’ on the left, the customer orders via their mobile phone and then does a pickup or gets a delivery.
I’m seeing more of these ‘zombie stores’ around the city. Just in the East ...
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