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Originally Posted by Format C:
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That kind of commerce died long before the rising of the digital market: it was replaced by the shopping mall ternd.
There you go, look at the shelves, you usually don't ask nothing to the staff, fill your trolley, go to the counter, give your credit card, a little smile and goodbye.
This kind of shopping can and will be replaced by Internet shopping. But that old white haired shopkeeper who's become your friend couldn't.
He's just been swept away by recession.
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So true and also much of the reason Amazon has grown because, while you don't get that personal connection there is tons of information about particular books or authors available as well as a plethora of opinions by readers like yourself -- something just not possible in a B&M store that is trying to cut expenses..