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Strategies & Market Trends : The Millennium Crash -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: yard_man who wrote (4900)	1/16/2000 11:07:00 AM
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I expect the network to masquerade itself as a conventional storefront, at least for most mass market products. I mean, I never really squeeze the Charmin. I just buy it. If that means selecting it from a menu while I'm waiting for my matzo ball soup to arrive and having it delivered or maybe picking it up somewhere in the afternoon, then however many stores used to be involved just became 1 deli and 1 distribution center. Any store which must have a physical presence can play the same role as the deli. For example, why should you ever go to Pep-Boys again if you can do all your auto e-tailing at the tire store while you're sitting there waiting for the tires to be mounted? Again, having it delivered or coming back tomorrow to pick the stuff up is hardly an inconvenience considering you just saved an hour of dead time during which you used to just curse at the poor guy behind the counter. E-consolidation. This is not to say that all businesses will change. But retail will, and so will any business which knowingly or unknowingly depends on the traditional habits which people have developed. This means traffic patterns, visual cues, store hours ... all these things are up in the air, and along with them the viability of some restaurants, theaters, gas stations, fast food, and yes poorly positioned real estate developers. well, you've gathered that I'm a believer so you may want to discount my views accordingly.