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A comment on Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx. Parent comment

Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by bdcravens on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:18PM (#12600461)
> It's already killing smaller shops

Nothing new. Blockbuster killed small video rentals, Barnes and Noble killed small bookstores, Walgreens/CVS killed small drug stores, and WalMart killed a number of store types.

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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by j2bax on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:56PM (#12601307)
And then Netflix killed Blockbuster and Amazon killed Barnes and Noble (well almost)... So the cycle continues! Just when you think nothing can uproot a company, something more innovative/convenient comes along.
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