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Sweden leads way in using tech to boost rural retailing – BBC News
In Sweden shops with no staff are popular in rural locations that have lost their local shops.
By Maddy SavageBBC News, Hummelsta
image captionLifvs has 20 stores in rural neighbourhoods
Dark clouds loom over the pine forest surrounding Hummelsta, a town of 1,000 people that hasn’t had any local shops for a decade.
Since December, a red wooden container, about the size of a mobile home, has offered a lifeline. It’s a mini supermarket that locals can access round-the-clock.
“We haven’t had any shops here during the time we have been here, and getting this now is perfect,” says 31-year-old…
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