{"id":26150,"date":"2012-02-07T07:48:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T14:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/just-to-show-i-am-not-a-business-or-marketing-genius.html"},"modified":"2012-02-08T11:03:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T18:03:46","slug":"just-to-show-i-am-not-a-business-or-marketing-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/just-to-show-i-am-not-a-business-or-marketing-genius.html","title":{"rendered":"Just to show I am not a business or marketing genius"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'm sure there's some brilliant reason why Amazon would open a bricks-and-mortar store, and I'm sure there are brilliant people working for them which could explain it … but damned if I can figure it out.<\/p>\n

I mean, okay, I can see wanting to be able to live-demo a Kindle Fire … but opening a whole store for that? Seems silly. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Jeff Zimmerman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wanna Drive to An Amazon Store?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs per the latest rumors, e-commerce giant Amazon is planning to open its own physical store in the next few months. Amazon might open a boutique rather than a huge retail store to test the waters bef…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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I'm sure there's some brilliant reason why Amazon would open a bricks-and-mortar store, and I'm sure there are brilliant people working for them which could explain it … but damned if I can figure it out. 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