How Main Street retailers are out-pivoting big-box giants, w/Faire CEO Max Rhodes

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English - December 08, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
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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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