Is There a Pandemic?

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The retailer's success is the key determinant of the success both for the brands and for fair. The independent retailers, who as you say, were largely brick and mortar going into the pandemic have shifted entirely. People are restless by design and you will get more boomerangs with awesome training and talent if you're willing to export them outside of your organization. We'll be back in a moment afterward for my premier brand partner, Capital One Business.

Small, independent store owners have been perpetually hit by waves of disruption: from malls to big box stores to e-commerce giants. But Max Rhodes, co-founder and CEO of the $12 billion online wholesale marketplace Faire, argues that Main Street retailers are actually better positioned right now to navigate today’s stormy shopping landscape than the competition. Max digs into how Faire is using technology and data to help stores maximize their advantages — nimbleness, adaptability, and smaller inventories — and combine them with the scale benefits enjoyed by the likes of Amazon and Target.

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