RE: UKNM: Boo.com's demise?

[Kief Morris]

Robin Edwards typed the following on 14:01 08/05/00 +0100

 >

On Friday, May 05, 2000 2:37 PM, Chinwag [SMTP:ownerchinwag [dot] com] wrote:

 >> And without that I can't see online shopping ever being profitable.

After

 >> all, when Amazon and the other online retailers try to raise they prices

 >how

 >> quickly will  someone else wander in and offer large discounts again.

 >>

 >> Ben Thompson

...

 >For the like-for-like guys, sure things are tough. A l-o-o-o-o-n-g time

ago

 >we had a big debate about loyalty in e-commerce, beyond simple points and

 >discount schemes. Now the comparison engines are truly here, does anyone

 >have any thoughts on how Amazon et al will survive (other than simply

 >spending a bit less on advertising...)


There was also a thread in here - not that long ago - about how important

fulfillment and service are. If retail sites really do pop up and go out of

business on a regular basis because they are only competing on price,

are consumers really going to trust them? Even if Amazon stopped discounting

so heavily I would still be inclined to buy from them, because I know I'll

get my order quickly and reliably.


\kief


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