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by salesguy222 3283 days ago
Checkmate, brick and mortar!! Amazon is eating the world.
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Well...isn't Whole Foods brick and mortar?
In 10 years, Whole Foods will not have retail locations, and its distribution network will have shifted to 100% online orders ;)

and, i should add, kroger and supervalu and etc will be struggling dinosaurs like sears

I dont know if you intended an /s to follow this but brick and mortar stores as a concept aren't going anywhere.
Nah, no sarcasm intended. There will still be brick and mortar stores in the future, but it will not be the main method of shopping- online will be.

This is especially the case for food. It is not getting cheaper to run a brick and mortar operation with many moving parts. That is why Amazon is winning :)

Only art galeries with high margin unique sales and low overhead costs will be surviving 10 years from now