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Old 11-12-2017, 08:03 PM
 
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Disagree. There was nothing stopping them from broadening their catalog merchandise to suit modern tastes. Since that already had the structure for non-store sales in place, it would ave an easy expansion. Instead of investing in the future they shortsightedly closed the division. Within a couple of years it was evident they made a big mistake. The list of companies making similar mistakes goes on and on. Jay
Catalog for Sears was for in store pickup-which is not the wave of the future. Deliver to your doorstep is the wave of the near future.

 
Old 11-13-2017, 05:33 AM
 
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Amazon is as much logistics as it a pure play tech company. Amzn will be locating their second HQ in the SE US.
True that Amazon is also logistics company but there is a huge amount of tech behind the logistics.
 
Old 11-13-2017, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Catalog for Sears was for in store pickup-which is not the wave of the future. Deliver to your doorstep is the wave of the near future.
No, they delivered to home too. It was very similar to todays online purchases. The only difference was you ordered by phone from the catalog. Jay
 
Old 11-13-2017, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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No, they delivered to home too. It was very similar to todays online purchases. The only difference was you ordered by phone from the catalog. Jay
Sears could have been Amazon. All they had to do was transfer all their catalogs to the internet and let people purchase that way. They also would have had a huge head start if they did this in the late 90's. Whoever was in charge at the time must feel like an idiot.

JCPenney also had a decent sized catalog business too.

For better or worse Jeff Bezos figured it out instead of Sears.

Walmart has been trying to catch up with Amazon until they purchased jet.com. Now they are somewhat competitive.
 
Old 11-14-2017, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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True that Amazon is also logistics company but there is a huge amount of tech behind the logistics.
HQ2 is all office jobs, not at all related to the shipping hubs. So I’m not sure why that’s important.
 
Old 11-14-2017, 09:05 AM
 
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HQ2 is all office jobs, not at all related to the shipping hubs. So I’m not sure why that’s important.
It's important because bleeding edge ops is very high tech. You're not going to get the MIT/Cal Tech rocket scientist who does all the innovation in that area to move to some SE low cost hell hole like Memphis when all the non-Amazon jobs are in the high COL regions.

There's "office jobs" that are paper pushing with mostly repetitive task work and "office jobs" that create intellectual property. Amazon cares about the latter. They're competing against Google, Oracle, and Microsoft for talent.
 
Old 11-14-2017, 10:51 AM
 
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Thousands of seniors, disabled and low-income residents losing care coverage - Connecticut Post
 
Old 11-14-2017, 10:53 AM
 
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It's important because bleeding edge ops is very high tech. You're not going to get the MIT/Cal Tech rocket scientist who does all the innovation in that area to move to some SE low cost hell hole like Memphis when all the non-Amazon jobs are in the high COL regions.

There's "office jobs" that are paper pushing with mostly repetitive task work and "office jobs" that create intellectual property. Amazon cares about the latter. They're competing against Google, Oracle, and Microsoft for talent.
I don't know for sure, but i would bet Amazon and other companies that have a need for "hi-tech" services subcontract that work out, especially if we're talking about robotics.

The "stars" that graduate (and in some cases actually drop out) from MIT or CalTEch start their own companies and sell their services to everyone.
 
Old 11-14-2017, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Pratt & Whitney has opened its new Engineering Center in East Hartford. The Monmouth building will house 1,750 employees. What I found most interesting though is that the company has hired 1,600 new employees here in Connecticut with plans to add 8,000 more in the next 20 years. That is great number. Jay

Pratt & Whitney Opens New Engineering Headquarters In East Hartford - Hartford Courant
 
Old 11-14-2017, 02:38 PM
 
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I don't know for sure, but i would bet Amazon and other companies that have a need for "hi-tech" services subcontract that work out, especially if we're talking about robotics.

The "stars" that graduate (and in some cases actually drop out) from MIT or CalTEch start their own companies and sell their services to everyone.
That's not how it works in the real world. You don't subcontract people who create your intellectual property. The vast majority of elite tech school grads take corporate jobs.
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