Japanese Weave A Convenient Web
Posted by: Taub Urban Research Center
Thanks to: Telecom-Cities Research Network Taub Urban Research Center, New York University
Thanks to: Telecom-Cities Research Network Taub Urban Research Center, New York University
19 September 2000 - 11:00am
E-Commerce revitalizes neighborhood corner stores.
While the United States may have invented convenience stores in the 1920's, Japanese are reinventing them for the 21st century by bringing Internet shopping and e-commerce deliveries to the ubiquitous "combini" shops.
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The Boston Globe, August 28, 2000
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