Businesses are breathing new life into unused warehouse space

Mar 8, 2024
Many businesses bulked up on warehouse space early in the pandemic. Now, storing extra inventory isn’t as important, and surplus warehouse space is being put to alternative uses.
Retailers — especially smaller retailers — aren't using their warehouses as much as they were a year ago, said Zac Rogers, who helps put together the Logistics Managers Index.
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Why cities are cracking down on self-storage units

Apr 14, 2017
Your diploma … from elementary school. The old Christmas decorations you’ve been meaning to look through. Or those fruit dishes from your grandmother. If you’re like many Americans, you may have boxed up belongings that you can’t bear to part with but also don’t have room for and stashed them in a storage space. But […]

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Dropbox, $8 billion, and the value of data backup

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Dropbox drops ball on security

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Apple soups up offerings

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Time Capsule is a data storage device from Apple designed for people who need to store a whole lot of data. It had held 1 terabyte of data for $299...

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