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Originally Posted by Fbone
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It is a smart move on Amazon's end. Think about it. They used to compete with B&M. Now they increasingly have to compete with other online services. Since Amazon never stands still and constantly innovates it is pretty hard for those other online stores to compete. Online store that only sells digital goods (e.g. ebook store) can't really compete against an everything store that also sells some ebooks on the side (in the greater scheme for Amazon).
Amazon is evolving like everybody else. Except instead of starting with B&M and slowly venturing into online sales, they started online and slowly built a delivery system that is fast and profitable even shipping to customers. Others catching up with some similiar benefits only to be slapped in the face with Amazon being able to just-in-time keeping a B&M store fully stocked without requiring much floor space. Crazy maybe, but what can you do with real time sales in a B&M store that will automatically restock and optimize delivery routes for multiple stores. Walmart? Holy cow, they sell out of something and you ask when they get more in: oh, it
should be coming in the wednesday truck. (Maybe, if you're lucky
).