The next time you are in your local Target or Walmart, start to think and envision the traditional retail environment and operating structure as a "forward-deployed inventory center." Same day delivery demands and strategies are forcing retailers to have their retail stores perform double duty. In cities like Denver, you can place an order via www.walmart.com/togo. Workers in the local store fill the order in a couple of hours. Delivery to your front door is between 4 and 8 pm.
Time will tell if "forward-deployed inventory centers" are an answer to the "last mile problem" in the same day an order is placed.
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