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Originally Posted by jswinden
Why on earth would they open stores when that business model obviously doesn't work well in most markets? Consumers seem to prefer shopping on the internet and having the items shipped to their home.
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How much of that is convenience, and how much is price sensitivity though? I actually find having stuff shipped to an apartment is less convenient than just picking it up from a local store. But I'm also a bit less price sensitive on top of that.
If BB is acting like a showroom for online stores like Amazon, then is there possibly a symbiosis there between retail and online that might hurt one if the other dies off?
That said, I agree that Amazon would be crazy to open stores. One of their biggest advantages is that they don't have the headaches and costs involved with retail locations. It's what let them get as big as they are today.