Posted on 02/01/2016 8:58:20 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Retail stores are being used more and more as display warehouses, where people go to check out the merchandise but then go buy it online.
Many stores are fighting back by matching online prices, but I don’t think that is a sustainable model.
I’m sure given the location of most of the ones built in the 60s and 70s, they will be perfect for govt Section 8 housing.
It’s called an adjustment. We have been overly retailed for a long time and now there is Amazon.
A couple things...Amazon et al made that business choice. Too bad they put ideology above business matters. Second, the transfer must occur locally. So, even though they sell the gun its very likely the local shop gets a transfer fee + ammo sales + all the other extras. So, I strongly doubt amazon would have put too many out of business in this ‘social’ economy..
They have to be a tad more intelligent and set up an identity theft ring.
My wife’s cc was used to buy a Go Pro and FedEx was sent out to my house three times and pickup was refused each time.
We were in the process of arranging a return with the vendor while this was happening.
After hearing from the fraud department, the destination in Miami was this little old lady who was getting FedEx pickups coming to her house for the package she didn’t have.
interesting
“I even look at the Amazon ratings “
About a month ago I ordered a cordless mouse through Amazon.
It was shipped by the retailer,not Amazon,and they shipped overnight-——which I had not ordered.
I was upset until I opened the package and they said,in a note,that the express shipping was a gift and would I please remember to go on-line and rate the transaction.
The product was just as I ordered,well packaged and I gave them five stars.
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One word:
Slabfooboo.
It’s not sustainable. Best Buy requires at least a dozen employees, a huge electric bill and big footprint, and a big advertising budget. The same online retailer requires a few employees and they can be in a smaller warehouse or ship direct from a wholesaler/producer.
The only thing that has kept Best Buy afloat is cellular phone sales/plans.
I wouldn't go around talking too loud about that, since most likely you were required to pay a Use Tax.
Yep just another sign that we are entering a deflationary depression. Metro Atlanta is nothing but empty strip shopping centers. Empty buildings everywhere.
People have no money to spend. We see restaurants going out all the time.
That’s what 95 million people out of work will do for you.
It's really the Amazon Apocalypse... which also sounds like the title of a whips-and-leather sendup sci-fi movie.
With Amazon Pantry, one rarely needs to hit the grocery store anyway.
Couple that w/ ‘Ship to Store’, for a lot of places, and it’s in/out. No need to BROWSE and impulse shop. I think you’ll see small store-fronts for the big-name stores in the future. Shipped to & pick-up from. Nothing more.
B&M...going the way of the buggy whip.
Sing along: “Internet killed the B&M store...”
5.56mm
“Yep just another sign that we are entering a deflationary depression.”
That is what I am beginning to believe as well.
The ONLY store I go to anymore is the grocery store.
I buy everything online and have it delivered to my door. Even dog food.
I drove less than 100 miles last year.
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