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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Investors clearly think the game is over, rewarding pure-play e-tailers with market capitalizations that dwarf their off-line competitors--Amazon's $32 billion, vs. Sears' and K Mart's combined $17 billion; eToys' $4.5 billion, vs. Toys "R" Us' $3.6 billion; and, even more amazing, airline-ticket broker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicks And Bricks | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

The counterattack is well under way and gathering momentum. Traditional merchants have taken heart from, of all places, Charles Schwab, which has broken down the walls between its off-line brokerage business (with 335 retail locations) and Schwab.com its online business. Schwab had to be spry enough to devise cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicks And Bricks | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

Now that Schwab has proved that the clicks-and-mortar strategy works, this Christmas season we are seeing that Schwab may be the precursor rather than the exception. Robert Kenzer, CEO of Kenzer Corp., a retail executive-search firm, says retailers will have to do online, off-line and catalog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicks And Bricks | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

Initially, companies with powerful off-line brands had a difficult time overcoming the notion that they would be cannibalizing their core business if they sold through the Web. But as it became clear that e-commerce was a viable and complementary retail channel--albeit one that requires a new skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicks And Bricks | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

For the off-line toy retailers, that kind of problem solving was intimidating enough to keep them on the sidelines during the holiday season, caroling that the Web was just a passing phase. As late as last year, Robert Nakasone, then Toys "R" Us CEO, was more eager to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicks And Bricks | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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