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In reply to the discussion: Amazon did not "invent" home delivery [View all]misanthrope
(7,408 posts)33. Same exact reaction here
I was stunned in the 1990s when Sears didn't take advantage of the inroads they had long established in home delivery through catalog sales. And look where they are now.
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"Home delivery used to be the norm". My tired brain went to "the Wells Fargo Wagon" scenei
niyad
Apr 2020
#1
We had a milkman and a bread man. Couldn't have had Xmas without Montgomery Ward
Walleye
Apr 2020
#2
I'm old enough to remember having a milk man who delivered dairy products, eggs and sometimes
totodeinhere
Apr 2020
#12
Helms bakery trucks with the pull out drawers full of fresh donuts. Yum!
SammyWinstonJack
Apr 2020
#13
The paper-only version will have special editions, "in-depths", "investigations", "commerations"
LeftInTX
Apr 2020
#36