Well look this is one of those pieces where I actually agree with the point and I've seen people bring it up a ton before ("Wait so it's just okay in the movie that he drove her out of business? That's fucked up") but this piece attracts dunks for being so damn serious about it https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1319066902174552064 …
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My parents know a small bookstore owner in Portland. Her biggest issue has been Powell’s for as long as I can remember due to how book distributors would divvy up stock.
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The late 90s and 00s were a real “sink or swim” period when it comes to having a retail model that could keep up with shifting supply chains and customer reach.
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It's very sobering to consider how quickly the shark that ate the little fish of "Shop Around the Corner" was itself consumed by Amazon and online retailers. I can remember the concept of buying things like groceries online being mocked. Now it's so common place.
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The only way "You've Got Mail" could be even more outdated is if Tom Hanks ran Blockbuster and it forced Meg Ryan's family videostore out of business.
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my own zero-evidence take is that "amazon destroyed x!" is usually false amazon is literally just the sears mail-order catalog, it's not a new business model what destroyed local retail is real estate prices driven by the undersupply and financialization of real estate
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Depends on market segment. When it comes to books, there’s reams of evidence that Amazon’s predatory pricing did contribute to shrinking the number of independent sellers. Many that could have survived B&N’s increasing market share, were unable to survive both Amazon AND B&N.
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