You can't stop progress ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...livery-to-work
Quote:
Amazon.com Inc. launched a Prime membership service for businesses, looking to replicate in the workplace the quick delivery of online orders that made it a go-to shopping destination for households.
Shares of industrial suppliers WW Grainger Inc. and Fastenal Co., which both sell industrial and construction supplies, fell on the news. Investors are concerned the world’s biggest online retailer will use low prices and convenience to win the suppliers’ business in the same manner it took market share from book stores, electronics stores, department stores and big-box retailers.
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The marketplace picks winners and losers -- that is the American way -- isn't it?
What did you buy from Amazon this week?
I bought Puma shoes and some GU 24 base florescent light bulbs at 1/2 the price I would pay here in town. The Internet is efficiency. The time spent -- 5% of what shopping would cost in time + the mileage.