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Home Depot Boosts Pro Offering with $18.25B Acquisition of SRS Distribution

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SRS operates a 2,500+ professional sales force and 760 branches across 47 states, as well as a 4,000+ truck fleet and jobsite delivery capabilities. stores and distribution centers, comprehensive product offering, and extensive pro brands, provides the residential pro customer with more fulfillment and service options than ever before.”

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Home Depot Strengthens Pro Offerings with 4 New Distribution Centers

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Pros need a partner with the right product, depth of product, fulfillment capabilities, sales support and management tools to help them get their jobs done,” said Chip Devine, SVP of Outside Sales for Home Depot in a statement.

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Due Diligence: Winning October Prime Day Prep Strategies

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Don’t oversell products if you don’t have the supply to fulfill orders. It is not possible to have a good sales strategy without a solid advertising strategy and vice versa, but oftentimes these teams operate in silos. Pushback from Amazon is inevitable, as it will want to keep inventory down; however, it is imperative to plan ahead.

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Shein and Temu Face Congressional Scrutiny Over Imports, Forced Labor

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Unlike Temu, Shein (until recently) operated as a traditional retailer, sourcing and fulfilling all the products it sold itself. “The market in 2012, Shein has been compliant with U.S. Temu did not immediately responded to Retail TouchPoints ’ request for comment. tax and customs laws.

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Inditex To Shutter Up To 1,200 Non-Zara Stores As It Pivots Toward E-Commerce

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Inditex may close 1,000 to 1,200 stores as the retailer puts a greater emphasis on e-Commerce operations. Staff members at the closed stores will be offered new roles with the company, such as handling fulfillment of ship-from-store orders. Inditex will support this effort by investing €1 billion.

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5 Alternatives to Wanelo

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However, now that the online shopping giant is no longer operating, you might be interested in finding the best alternatives to Wanelo. Wanelo was a social media platform designed to operate as a digital shopping mall. Overstock makes it easy to sell your products because you can manage orders and fulfilments from the platform.

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Exclusive Q&A: How COVID-19 Accelerated Cannabis Delivery Network Launch

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Deemed essential retailers because of marijuana’s many medical uses, cannabis dispensaries have continued to operate even during COVID-19 shutdowns. In this exclusive Q&A, Henderson reveals how COVID-19 accelerated the company’s existing plans for delivery and the franchise-heavy future he sees for High Times as a retail operator.

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