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a) The warehouses are in lower cost areas as compared to showrooms. b) Warehouses allow amazon to serve the profitable long tail of products because they are n
by dman 14y ago
a) The warehouses are in lower cost areas as compared to showrooms.
b) Warehouses allow amazon to serve the profitable long tail of products because they are not limited to shelf space.
c) If they start offering same day service, the advantage of immediate purchase from retail stores will me largely mitigated.
d) I largely dont want to shop in a store anymore because amazon has the discovery problem solved to a much better extent than stores do. I feel very helpless now when I am in a retail store and struggle to answer the question - 'which one of these products is any good'. Retailers could maybe counter that with shopping companion applications but I dont know of any good ones.
- joezydeco 14y agoIt's not just same-day service that's compelling, it's same-day service with delivery. If I can order something from my desk at work in the AM and have it in-hand before I drive home, that blows away any brick-and-mortar store by a long shot.
- toomuchtodo 14y agoOr its waiting on my front stoop when I get home. That saves me half an hour, and I'll cough up $10-20 for that privilege.
- joezydeco 14y agoThat's what the lockers are for! =)
- toomuchtodo 14y agoNo lockers in Chicago suburbs yet :(
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