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Rumor Mill: The Amazon Store is Coming
February 9, 2012
FROM RETAILWIRE:
A report last weekend by Good EReader said that Amazon, similar to its Quidsi division, was tinkering with the idea of opening a small store in Seattle to show off items such as its various Kindle models and a widely anticipated Android smartphone line. Do you think it makes sense for Amazon to open physical stores?
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The consumer has many ways to shop. Online happens to be the fastest growing channel over the past several years.
However, human beings still have a penchant and interest in "going to the shopping bazaar for many items ... we're tribal.
How Amazon dodges the tax man on this one is a tribal custom that they will have to answer for.
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