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Forum: The Barbie
Nov 23rd 2017, 11:48 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

Your analysis is incomplete and your understanding is poor, so not surprisingly, your conclusion is probably wrong.

:getcoat:
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 10:53 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

There are at least a couple of orders of magnitude difference - Amazon has bought a chain that perhaps represents probably one store for every 2-3 million people in each state, but the move to...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 8:14 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

No, US book stores, at least the surviving chain ones*, have diversified into many loosely related areas, commonly including a coffee shop, and selling records, CDs, and DVDs, children's toys,...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 7:47 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

I was only pointing out that they "have started" at least two years ago.

You also stated that on-line purchases would cost more than in store purchases, yet historically I noticed that the...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 7:26 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

That's not actually true. I went to buy a TV a couple of years ago, looking at Amazon, as well as Best Buy (a leading US retailer of home electronics and appliances), and at Walmart.

Walmart...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 7:20 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

American book stores are like that, but I will assume that you're aware of that too. :rolleyes:
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 7:10 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

It sounds like you might not be familiar with the complete history of Amazon, what their original on-line niche was. :unsure:
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 6:51 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

What Amazon has bought is a niche chain of groceries, effectively giving it a network of distribution points for retail food distribution.

For not much more than they paid for Whole Foods they...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 6:06 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

Not really, big malls fail too. And the churn and vacancy rate in malls is rising rapidly too.

For the retailers, even more scary than the decline in customers and sales is that the finance is...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 22nd 2017, 11:34 am
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

It'll definitely be interesting if the outcome is anything different from what is happening in the US.

Large American retailers think they can "learn and adapt", but Amazon has been eating their...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 21st 2017, 10:40 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

Including, apparently, the post men. :rofl:
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 21st 2017, 9:35 pm
Replies: 279
Views: 33,120
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Amazon incoming ...

If Amazon takes off like it has done in the US, Auspost will get a significant cash injection. Here, across the US, and now even in small towns and rural areas, the USPS makes Sunday deliveries,...
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