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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (3229)1/24/1999 1:43:00 PM
From: musea  Read Replies (2) of 41369
 
Chuzzlewit, an interesting counterpoint (in the sense of Bach) to your thoughts is in the following article, which you may already have read: Message 7448647

I am still digesting your thoughts on the nature of e-commerce. In conventional retailing, the discount giants are eating up the independent small retailers. However, those who are banding together in malls seem to do better. There is a clumsy analogy here to the strong portals and the e-commerce that's associated with these. An AOL can provide lots of eyes looking at even a small "downstream" company's offerings, and if that web site happens to provide an interesting and rewarding shopping experience, that small company could do well enough.

This has been (and continues to be) a fascinating discussion. Thank you.

-musea
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