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Originally Posted by PlanetMan
Hi Glen & Peter
I seem to have hit a few nerves with both of you so I am sorry as my comments weren't meant to be a criticism of anything or rude to anyone.
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Hi Planetman,
Absolutely no offence taken, none at all. And no, you didn't hit a nerve, it is just a passionate area of interest.
As for bricks and mortar stores, they are a dying breed, whether we like it or not.
Retail is going through considerable changes and that form of business is far less justifiable now. The overheads are what puts the high price on goods in Australia and is not sustainable, in the long term. Obviously, some things will remain in solid stores, as they are not conducive to online environments. However, anything that doesn't require any customisation, for whatever reason, doesn't have to be sold from a solid premises any more.
In fact, the Internet has opened up a whole new world. I love "useful gadgets" and I went hunting for said gadgets on the Internet on the weekend and some of the stuff I saw was amazing and I have never seen them in a physical store, even ordered a couple things, and at prices that are hard to believe. I love Google images, and being able to see these things. Visual searching is so much fun
Furthermore, even manufacturing will change in the future where you will just order what you want and it will just be made. Currently, stuff is manufactured and then marketed. Additive manufacture (or 3D Printing, as it was called) will change the way we do business in the future, as everything will be personalised and, indeed, ordered over the Internet. Read up on Additive Manufacturing, it is really quite fascinating.
Cheers Pete
Ok, bad analogy
Really can't get much better, or easier, than that.
