[anigbrowl]

I'm not so sure. I think the future of consumer durables is showrooms with very little inventory but a huge number of things on display. If you want it right now, you pay full price, but if you want it delivered tomorrow (from your local amazon warehouse) then it's 10% off.

In other words you no longer 'go to the store' because it's economically inefficient to store many units of the same thing on expensive prime real estate. Instead almost all the warehouse space of existing stores is turned into floor space and they only have 1 of each item, although they keep a small stock of consumables.