> But the difference is that today, people don't bother checking their local stores first. They just go straight to Amazon and put their neighbours out of busin

> But the difference is that today, people don't bother checking their local stores first. They just go straight to Amazon and put their neighbours out of business. Amazon didn't become dominant because of their low prices. They became dominant because they are the everything store. It's a single place to buy disparate items rather than needing to check out at seven different marginally-cheaper speciality shops.