They should add gas stations...........
The article forgot: VIDEO RENTAL STORES.
With the advent of downloadable movies and Pay Per View movies, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video will go the way of the buggy whip.
I think used book stores will outlive some of the other businesses.
Newspapers listed as facing extinction in ten years...
“PIGGY BANKS” sticks out in this list. What an absurd idea it is to say that “piggy banks” will be out of business in 10 years. I agree with the rest.
“As The Orlando Sentinel noted in a recent article, around the country gay bars have been going out of business as gay men and women have been gaining greater acceptance in society. What used to be a hangout for people who felt unwelcome elsewhere is becoming less necessary.”
Sounds benign, until you remember that it is an armed government, enforcing non discrimination laws that forbid a bar owner from choosing his customers.
bttt
Paperless society...
The computer will shorten the work day...
Nuclear energy will be so cheap that they won’t even have to meter it...
Don’t get me wrong, businesses disappear all the time, but very few disappear completely.
To be more accurate, film (silver or color) won’t face extinction. It is becoming a niche market the way other alt-processes are right now.
Rock and Roll PING!
RECORD Stores sell RECORDS.
Music stores that sell CDS now sell a bunch of things that aren’t CDs. But new pressed vinyl sales are actually UP. And that is on top of used vinyl.
It is a small but dedicated (and growing) crowd.
Locally someone sold off his 5,000 LP collection and it has been flying out the doors of the store he sold it to at $6-15 apiece. The $30+ albums have yet to be priced for sale.
That said, music will be sold, through some channel (online, concerts, clothing stores/coffee stands).
Music stores that do more than just rely on the industry’s own marketing teams to push product seem to do better.
If the article refers to the USA, this business disappearing is even more telling, if you realize that mobile phone market penetration in this country is the lowest in the First World.
In the United States, market penetration for mobile phones is about 70% (210M cell phones/300M people). In other countries, such as Italy, there are more cell phones that people.
Maybe it's not a good idea to open a kiosk-installing business in Rome.
flea markets - replaced by eBay
personal stock brokers - replaced by on-line stock trading
But what *should* be replaced by new technology and what *will* be replaced are different beasts altogether...
For instance:
car dealerships (manufacturers are prohibited by law from selling direct to bypass dealerships)
Casinos (internet gambling is illegal...not technically impossible)
Unions
Middle Management
Car inspections (On-Star self-diagnostics and email, anyone?!)
Phone numbers (remember back when we had internet numbers instead of names for email addresses?!)
Gay bars will remain. It isn’t about acceptance. They want to hook up with likeminded people, not drink with someone all night and no prospect of sex.
“USED BOOKSTORES: They’ve been closing fast, and those that are still open are relying on what’s making them obsolete: the internet... Now you just type that title in a search engine and order it within minutes.”
Not so fast. Still have to warehouse all that inventory someplace and THAT is the store. Bookfinder.com is a NETWORK of booklists. Book dealers more than many other resale merchants have long been networked to share inventory lists (they would run a booksearch for you, now you can do it yourself with www.bookfinder.com).
But those are still BOOK STORES that you are buying from. Not everything is in print and ebay isn’t the end all be all of resale.
Movie Theaters won’t go away. Just because the home theater experience is available doesn’t mean that people who go to the movies can afford it. I still enjoy going to the movie theaters because my house isn’t big enough for theater quality.
If Hillary wins... Let’s see.... What would the list look like then?
#11 A Ron Paul Presidential Campaign
Piggy Banks are a business?