Describe how retailers are utilizing their stores as fulfillment centers along with advantages and disadvantages of this process.
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Online orders placed by customers can often be fulfilled by a store. An employee at the store receives the order, goes to the floor or stock room to find the item, packages it up, and ships it to the customer. The advantage of this process is that retailers can have stores with excess inventory ship the product out, which helps to deplete inventory that store may not otherwise sell. If the customer lives closer to the store than a DC or other fulfillment center, the customer may receive the order sooner due to a short shipping distance, and the retailer may have less actual shipping cost due to the shorter distance. However, disadvantages could be that to have an employee at a store do this function may take them away from other duties and be quite time-consuming, thus potentially costing the retailer for the transaction.
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