Although warehouses don't have to be located as close to consumers as say, a Costco or amazon fulfillment center, they have to be built. And for the past at lea

Although warehouses don't have to be located as close to consumers as say, a Costco or amazon fulfillment center, they have to be built. And for the past at least decade long term warehousing wasn't a major business model, better to sell it at a consistent pace. So there wasn't an investment in warehouse space. However between supply chain uncertainty and inflation, the relative cost of warehousing vs discount selling and reordering is lower now than it was before.