If I’m purchasing something exciting like a new game console or piece of tech, and it’s available at best buy, I’ll do their in store pickup since they usually have it ready within an hour. Way better than anxiously waiting for it to be delivered in one to three days. Anything else that’s not exiting, I’m not too concerned about waiting for shipping.
For retailers including Walmart, Target, Macy’s and others, it is an extension of their attempts to use their physical stores as kinds of virtual fulfillment centers, a strategy that has grown out of the surge in online shopping during the Covid-19 pandemic and the strain it exerted on companies’ distribution operations.
Didn’t they just start that “ad-sharing” thing? This really emphasizes that they are just trying to bribe content creators to drive traffic to the website.
I need some popcorn for when they panic and shut that down.
I’d like to disclose I’m a non-Florida mortgage lender with lender friends in Florida. It’s starting to really impact interested buyers. When they see the premiums, they run.
There’s some places where buyers can’t find anyone willing to insure. Well, if there’s no homeowner’s insurance, there’s no mortgage loan either.
It’s not looking good and certain areas of California (fire-prone areas) and starting down this same path.
It should be interesting to see what happens to inventory and values over the months and years ahead.
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