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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (72735)	8/8/1999 10:59:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

yes. i agree. i go one step further and say it is a step back for business, on average. a big step. not every business. but on average. especially for web centered businesses (e.g., amzn). Skeeter, We seem to agree except on a step back for business. I believe short term (the next five years) we will see very few commodity retailers. Long term we should see a weeding out of the inadequate retailers and have retailers offering better price and service combined. These retailers will still be able to turn a profit although a lower percentage profit due to the fewer efficient retailers in the same space. This is in a way a continuation of the weeding out of independants that has been going on for the last decade but the net will speed this process up. Glenn