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E-commerce Affecting Site Selection Decisions

E-commerce Affecting Site Selection Decisions

Mar 20, 2013

It used to be the quest for cheap real estate dominated the decision-making for locating your DC. Now, e-commerce and speeding delivery to the end consumer is changing that matrix. To read more, click HERE. 

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