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The Best Thing About Amazon Was Never Going to Last | If shopping on the site feels different now, that’s because it is (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] mindbleach 1 points 1 year ago

Tiny specialty stores used to solve this problem, until megastores like Walmart squeezed the life out of them.

Or in the case of electronics store, until they all poisoned themselves chasing cell-phone sales. Last time I mentioned this I had someone insist that Radio Shack was making money hand-over-fist once their whole store was flip-phone displays and radio-controlled toys. What can you say besides: and then what happened?