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Sounds also a bit like a shopping centre where there is only oone set of
counter staff for all the companies.
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Anyone heard about the Outernet (geddit?)

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There was a guy on the news saying it's the High Street response to
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I'm not sure i see how that would be any different to ordinary going
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On 16/12/2020 16:08, Brian Gaff wrote:
Sounds also a bit like a shopping centre where there is only oone set of
counter staff for all the companies.
Brian



I think there is a bricks and mortar shopping model that might work. It
would provide easy access to customer reviews. Detailed descriptions and
specs. Competitive prices, but not necessarily quite as good as online.
I think people would pay a little extra for the convenience of taking
the goods with them, there and then.
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GB wrote:
I think there is a bricks and mortar shopping model that might work. It
would provide easy access to customer reviews. Detailed descriptions and
specs. Competitive prices, but not necessarily quite as good as online.
I think people would pay a little extra for the convenience of taking
the goods with them, there and then.


It would be very handy to know that Arkwright's Stores has fork handles in
stock, which can be picked up straightaway, rather than having to phone them
where's it's just easier to take a trip out to pick them up from the sheds.

It remains to be seen whether shopkeepers will put the effort into
cataloguing their stock in enough detail to the useful, though. (and
whether they'll invest in stock control so you can trust the things are in
stock and didn't sell out last month)

Theo
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