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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end?
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To: BelowTheCrowd who wrote (2408)1/5/2000 7:09:00 PM
From: KyrosL  Read Replies (1) of 3543
 
Pure internet retailers are also in serious trouble from brick and mortar companies that start getting the hang of the internet. eToys supposedly was going to vanquish Toys R Us. Guess what, after Toys R Us revamped their web site, traffic skyrocketed and now it is threatening eToys with oblivion. It is not rocket science getting a great web site up: all you have to do is copy an existing great one.

When the brick and mortars learn how to effectively leverage their brick and mortar infrastructure with the internet, pure internet retailers are toast. Brick and mortars already have the warehouses, and already have the brand. Amazon figured this out and is rapidly building brick and mortar warehouses, but it may not be able to get up to Wal-Mart size economies of scale in time. In the meantime Wal-Mart's internet sales are skyrocketing.
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