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Black Friday may have come and gone, but retailers still need to take steps to ensure their supply chains support holiday demand.

Dollar General unveiled aggressive expansion plans that includes its first stores outside of the U.S. and the acceleration of the rollout of its more upscale Popshelf store concept.

Traffic in retail stores rebounded from last year but remains down compared with 2019 as consumers started holiday shopping earlier in the season and also continued their shift to online.

Brad Wright learned years ago that emergency needs for extra warehouse space were constant, so he started a website where retailers could find it.

Gap Inc. delivered disappointing third-quarter results as COVID-related factory closures and ongoing port congestion led to “significant” product delays.

Dollar General is making same-day, online delivery available from more than 9,000 stores.

Amazon is expanding its fulfillment center footprint in Alabama with four new facilities. and plans to open three more new operations facilities there.

Under Armour Inc. is migrating its enterprise infrastructure to the cloud.

Dollar General said that Michael Joyce has joined the company as its new senior VP of supply chain strategy, inventory and demand management.

Amazon’s newest supply chain facility is located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.