It has been a time of extremes for retailers' warehouse strategies.
When the pandemic hit, economic uncertainty and wildly undulating consumer demand threw retailers for a collective loop, as virtually every facet of how consumers shopped for, interacted with, and received goods was disrupted. Shipping and manufacturing costs skyrocketed and traffic at US ports snarled and retailers scrambled to play catch-up, leading many to stockpile goods at massive industrial warehouses near prime distribution thoroughfares.
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