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For thrift stores and other 'treasure hunt' retailers, curbside won't do it
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Rick MossFor chain stores like, say, The Gap, that can display their inventory online, curbside pickup has become a feasible transitional tactic as they ready their stores for the reintroduction of foot traffic. But for vintage shops and other merchants with ever-changing, eclectic merchandise, it doesn't make sense to participate in the initial phases of reopening that often only allow for curbside handoff of merchandise.