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the end of the pure-play e-tailer?

Here's an editorial guaranteed to get the arguments going. E-Commerce Times writer Chet Dembeck opines that the near-future for online retail may lie in brick-and-click merchants, i.e., companies who've made names for themselves in real-life retail and are now using their high profile to their advantage on the Internet, a la Toys 'R' Us. If pure-play e-tailers don't partner up with bricks-and-mortar partners, Dembeck declares, they risk being crushed by their more well-known competition. Enough to send a shiver down the spine of those of us who've invested blood, sweat, and tears in growing our Web-based enterprises.

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:38:09 -0800