Category Archives: Retail

Prime 1-Day Delivery Really is Different

Posted on May 3, 2019 by halberenson

At last week’s earnings call Amazon announced it was moving Amazon Prime from its historical 2-day shipping to 1-day shipping. Inevitably there were articles saying how Walmart or Target or whoever already had this. Or even better than Amazon, had … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Sales Tax

Posted on June 23, 2018 by halberenson

This week’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that overturns a pre-Internet requirement that a company have a physical presence in a state in order to be compelled to collect sales tax on behalf of that state is the biggest … Continue reading →

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Playing the Amazon Blame Game

Posted on May 11, 2018 by halberenson

Does Macy’s tell Gimbels?  Gimbels, Korvettes, Gertz, Lechmere, Lafayette, Woolworths, Montgomery Ward, Bradlees, and Zayre are amongst the dozens if not hundreds of retailers that I recall from my youth that have long since disappeared.  Many others merged into that … Continue reading →

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Amazon Key: Bad idea or evolutionary pressure tactic?

Posted on October 27, 2017 by halberenson

Like most people, or at least much of the Twitterverse, I am a bit freaked out by the idea of having a stranger open my front door to put a package inside. If you want to get freaked out a … Continue reading →

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