CrossRoads:
How's that pickup work for international deliveries?
That would have to be worked out between vendor and marketer. Perhaps if a group of makers made the approach with a catalog and sales history? You wouldn't be asking them to advertise (cists money) or even display (uses shelf space). Just to distribute which brings customers into stores.
What I see might be an opportunity given store chains that already have their own delivery systems and you might have end-customers that can reach the stores easily enough or pay more for shipping, always an option!
But beyond that? Does Europe have big country to country retailers? How about in the Mideast or South America?
Will the stores allow what? Or the governments?