subscribers tend to spend a disproportionately high amount of money with Amazon compared to non-members.”
You know, I hadn’t thought about it that way. But really Amazon should be paying US! Because it’s true: you have Prime, that makes it easy, and so with that, I buy TONS of stuff on Amazon.
Running out of deodorant? I buy it on Amazon. Because I can one click it on my computer and don’t have to think about it. No trip to the store, etc.
Incredible, really.
And so the problem begins. AP is actually SO GOOD brick and mortar stores will have to adapt or pay the price.
Kind of what the left says Wal-Mart does.
One answer might be for local B&M stores to become AP partners and merge with Amazon Fulfillment Centers.
There are many things I prefer to handle before I buy. However so far after a near decade of buying online I have had few if any regrets.
Another issue was something I was confronted with a decade or so ago by an USPS employee. The USPS employee complained about me buying something online and using email. Claimed I was killing jobs.
I believe online purchasing has INCREASED delivery services, admittedly most being in the private sector and not union USPS.
Then again I do get many shipments using the horrible alliance of UPS/Fedex/DHL and USPS.
Maybe it will evolve but so far that has not been pleasant, at least for me.