By: RA

RA — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:37:00 +0000

A good article with the relevant point of the positive
effect the local stores on the community vs the online retailers. I particular loved the community involvement and
sponsorship of youth events of retail stores. I myself am guilty just yesterday of returning
a $12 phone cord at Radio Shack because I found a replacement on Amazon for $2 with
free shipping. Retail stores cannot
match or beat online pricing most times and the loss of the human interaction
and customer product education doesn’t keep us from choosing the less costing
option.

Factories in China
have come under a good number of negative press articles and scrutiny lately
for the abhorrent working conditions for the employees who make the iPhone components. The people they employ work in under the
worst possible conditions for pay we wouldn’t cross the street for. We look at how cheep the labor is there and
the awful conditions and say, well our craving for new technology quick and cheap
drives this but that wouldn’t happen here.
If we continue to lose the retail stores in the competition for less
expensive items, aren’t we just encouraging the same future for ourselves?

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