This famous study on the impact WalMart has had on small town businesses certainly debunks your notion both can thrive-- your comments regarding 30% and other non sequiturs notwithstanding. You may wish to '*take the time to examine*' it.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/stone/1995_IA_WM_study.pdf On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote: > This analogy would hold true, if WalMart charged 30% of the profit margin > of everything sold in it's store, required a registration process before you > could even sell anything through them, but had such awesome security that > all but eliminated shoplifting and employee theft. In an environment such as > that, it would not at all be inconceivable that other business models could > thrive. > > You know, people really play fast and loose with analogies these days, > because they can say, "Well it's like..." and few people will take the time > to examine the argument critically to see if indeed the analogy holds up. > This especially is true when people want the argument supposedly supported > by the analogy to be valid. > > my 2ยข, Bob _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
