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andrew |
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
SP17 wrote:
In The Know (as always) wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Online shopping has its negatives and positives but for me Amazon is brilliant for books, CDs and DVDs - great range, efficient delivery.
The "key" is the fact that they don't have to carry much stock.
Say you have 400 High Street shops - you would need at least one item in each of them.
If it is a rare and slow moving item you will simply not stock it - it will not pay for its shelf spare.
Online, on the other hand only needs small stocks as they can be "sold" everywhere.
You haven't heard of shops like Argos then?
On the High Street and on line.
All items available in shop - to buy, or collect. Or buy on line - with delivery or collection...
I wonder why there are no similar shops to Argos, and why they are doing well but Index went bust? 
I suppose Index did sell more tat and you really did get what you paid for. Argos was more expensive then Index but goods were better and stocked up more.
I was only a kid but remember going to Index to buy pocket money toys. |
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SP17 |
In The Know (as always) wrote:
Amazon invested heavily and "Other" retailers! are going out of business because -
(a) they cannot compete
(b) the stupid public will always go where its cheapest
(c) Online is everywhere
The 'stupid public' is so right to favour Amazon. Better value with an impeccable service. Do you also advocate using British Airways over Easyjet?
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andrew |
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
In The Know (as always) wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30672179
John Lewis report sales in shops "flat" (ie no increase or decrease) but online sales UP 19%
Puts a lie to the claims sometimes heard that online buyers were people who would have gone to a shop anyway.
You have to account for the fact that John Lewis is turning into a display warehouse for its stock.
They keep goods on the shelves, as if they are on sale, like an actual real shop, and when you go to buy them you are told (mumbled at) that they don't stock them (ever) and that you have to order them online.
So it is likely that some went to the shop first and then ordered it from home, or from Selfridges for spite!
Dear me Honey should of put him in a Boston Crab and make him say 'Uncle'
I would like to slap "Mr Waterstones" (whoever he is) too. The shop is laid out like a lending library with tables for people to sit at all day using the books for reference, taking notes, mauling, wiping their noses on them and putting them back on the shelves where they are sold for full price even though they are effectively second hand.
Erm I used to do that read a book with a coffee and said I purchased the book. Who would wipe their nose with books ?
I would fear of getting a bitch-slap from a Northern woman so should Mr Waterstones. |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
SP17 wrote:
In The Know (as always) wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Online shopping has its negatives and positives but for me Amazon is brilliant for books, CDs and DVDs - great range, efficient delivery.
The "key" is the fact that they don't have to carry much stock.
Say you have 400 High Street shops - you would need at least one item in each of them.
If it is a rare and slow moving item you will simply not stock it - it will not pay for its shelf spare.
Online, on the other hand only needs small stocks as they can be "sold" everywhere.
You haven't heard of shops like Argos then?
On the High Street and on line.
All items available in shop - to buy, or collect. Or buy on line - with delivery or collection...
I wonder why there are no similar shops to Argos, and why they are doing well but Index went bust? |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
In The Know (as always) wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30672179
John Lewis report sales in shops "flat" (ie no increase or decrease) but online sales UP 19%
Puts a lie to the claims sometimes heard that online buyers were people who would have gone to a shop anyway.
You have to account for the fact that John Lewis is turning into a display warehouse for its stock.
They keep goods on the shelves, as if they are on sale, like an actual real shop, and when you go to buy them you are told (mumbled at) that they don't stock them (ever) and that you have to order them online.
So it is likely that some went to the shop first and then ordered it from home, or from Selfridges for spite!
Dear me Honey should of put him in a Boston Crab and make him say 'Uncle'
I would like to slap "Mr Waterstones" (whoever he is) too. The shop is laid out like a lending library with tables for people to sit at all day using the books for reference, taking notes, mauling, wiping their noses on them and putting them back on the shelves where they are sold for full price even though they are effectively second hand. |
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