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Scott Fitzgerald noticed a trend in the way major retail stores handled their excess product and decided to take advantage.
Fitzgerald recently founded The Curb, a Tempe-based business that purchases returned or exchanged merchandise from big-box retailers and then resells them for a fraction of the price.
“During the 23 years, I saw how returns were an increasing problem in retail,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s too much work and labor for them to process the return.”
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