Freight forwarders, retailers, and logistics providers use distribution centers as consolidation and dispatch hubs where goods arrive from manufacturers or upstream warehouses, are sorted or regrouped, and then forwarded to stores, wholesalers, or end customers.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_center
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