It’s some deja vu that Walmart was branded as the place that killed mom and pop stores some 10+ years ago, and now Amazon is the place killing online stores (an

It’s some deja vu that Walmart was branded as the place that killed mom and pop stores some 10+ years ago, and now Amazon is the place killing online stores (and partly Walmart) since ecommerce has taken off in recent years. Amazon’s golden goose has been their logistics. It creates a company that is like ebay+ups together. Mom and pops may have the same wares as amazon, but the shipping and order efficiency is a tough gap to close against amazon. Getting an order packaged, to the courier, and in transport for delivery still takes time and people for most ‘mom and pops’. It’s like trying to build a faster locomotive to compete with the company that owns the railroad.