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To: The Ox who wrote (71488)	2/8/2016 4:08:22 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 95406

I think eventually they want some sort of "Apple Store Competition" where there is a place just to go talk to some experts in person to feel better about a decision to buy an expensive product. Using all this technology is a lot of work. I have a $600 Garmin Triathalon waterproof GPS watch that I got to windsurf and monitor how much I sleep... figuring I wasn't sleeping enough this would help me sleep more AND it is great for tracking my workouts, especially windsurfing. It worked GREAT for windsurfing but it is a decent amount of work to set up to show what I wanted. Just now I paired it with my bike to do a nice ride in 70F Feb weather.... I have to get out and ride just to do it this time of year as this sort of heat is rare..... and it wasn't hard but I'm an engineer and have gone through pairing often.... Anyway, I think they need a way to interact with customers in person so the bookstore to chat, have coffee and perhaps get exposed to some high margin products while there could work well.

To: The Ox who wrote (71488)	2/8/2016 5:25:23 PM
From: Woody_Nickels	Respond to of 95406

When I worked at AMZN they didn't even own their warehouses, though there weren't too many. Once the financial crisis of '08-'09 hit, AMZN decided to take advantage of the cheap real estate and build their own warehouses. OK, they took advantage of what the market was giving. They also bought a warehouse management/robotics co. called Kiva from Mass., which requires much larger floor space to operate. Kiva moves pallets to pickers, rather than vice versa. Kiva had two big customers at the time, a drugstore chain and ??. Kiva claimed throughput with their system increased 30%. Now this talk of creating brick & mortar stores is another departure from AMZN doctrine. I can only imagine that these will also be 'pick-up' points for online customers, as well as retail space for Kindles, Best Sellers, etc. One thing about AMZN, they don't let any grass grow under their feet. They're always changing something! Doesn't always work out, though. BTW, it's 83° in Mesa! Woody