The author of the article thought so. > ... They owned Best Products, a catalogue retailer that sold discounted goods in hybrid showroom/warehouses (sort of li

The author of the article thought so. > ... They owned Best Products, a catalogue retailer that sold discounted goods in hybrid showroom/warehouses (sort of like Ikea). Selling everything from hair dryers to toaster ovens to doll-houses, they were proto-big box stores ...