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>My Amazon experience for clothing and shoes is roughly the same as for all other Amazon products; I visit a physical location to actually peruse/test the product (in this case, try it on) and then order it cheaply online.

Because so many of us (including myself) now behave in this manner, I'm fairly convinced that most brick and mortar stores will have to assume an "annual dues" model a la Costco to survive. (and offer some form of competitive advantage over Amazon, of course -- ex: focusing on item discovery rather than cookie cutter merchandise, etc.)



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