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Business News Flash – Winston-Salem, NC

May 30, 2019   Amazon confirms fulfillment center, 1,000 jobs are coming to Kernersville, NC Sources: Margaret Moffett, Triad Business Journal Richard Craver, Winston-Salem Journal     Amazon has confirmed that it is building a 1,000-job fulfillment center in Kernersville, NC. The facility, which will be 1 million square feet, has been in development since …

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Business News Flash – Baltimore, MD

March 27, 2019   Amazon to expand its distribution hub in Baltimore, MD Source: Melody Simmons, Baltimore Business Journal Source: Ryan Sharrow, Baltimore Business Journal   Amazon is leasing a 248,000-square-foot warehouse space in southeast Baltimore’s Port 95 Industrial Park. The move will expand Amazon’s Baltimore distribution hub. Amazon will share the warehouse complex with Johns …

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Black Friday 2018 Sales Report

A strong Black Friday 2018 signals the continued popularity of online shopping. It also points to a brick-and-mortar retail industry that remains strong in some ways, but is still lagging behind in others. Both online and in-store retail sales totaled $23 billion this year, which is up 9% from 2017. And according to Mastercard, total …

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E-Commerce Adds To Traffic Woes

E-commerce companies are changing the landscape of retail. In the past, consumers had to make weekly trips to brick-and-mortar stores to purchase essentials. Now we can buy everything from groceries to medicine to pet food online and have them delivered to our doorsteps. But online retailers are no longer satisfied only with helping consumers bypass …

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