▲ 1314 ▼ "We've won, but at what cost?" (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by mecfs@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 322 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sears. They got wrecked by the internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sears had a massive mail order catalog. Easy to switch that to Internet, right? But they decided to focus on stores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It’s quite unbelievable that it was literally right there. The logistics were like 60% solved for them already, the remaining 40% was just making sure the online content remained linked with inventory and fulfillment, and expanding that capacity. “We think online shopping will be just a fad” - the unimaginable hubris… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I was refreshing myself on wiki. They launched prodigy, but it was too early for online shopping to be popular. So they probably got a bad taste for that kind of thing. A concept in venture capital is that it's all about timing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ohh I forgot they did Prodigy. It was such a WEIRD experience; it seemed to drop you down into this BBS/DOS mode, and none of the navigation was very similar to everything else on any PC/Mac at the time. I enjoyed some of the games on it but I really didn’t know what to think otherwise. We didn’t keep it very long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Can you fill us in on what it was exactly? I'm rather confused but I think I got online store out of it man permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sears had a massive mail order catalog. Easy to switch that to Internet, right? But they decided to focus on stores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It’s quite unbelievable that it was literally right there. The logistics were like 60% solved for them already, the remaining 40% was just making sure the online content remained linked with inventory and fulfillment, and expanding that capacity. “We think online shopping will be just a fad” - the unimaginable hubris… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I was refreshing myself on wiki. They launched prodigy, but it was too early for online shopping to be popular. So they probably got a bad taste for that kind of thing. A concept in venture capital is that it's all about timing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ohh I forgot they did Prodigy. It was such a WEIRD experience; it seemed to drop you down into this BBS/DOS mode, and none of the navigation was very similar to everything else on any PC/Mac at the time. I enjoyed some of the games on it but I really didn’t know what to think otherwise. We didn’t keep it very long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Can you fill us in on what it was exactly? I'm rather confused but I think I got online store out of it man permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It’s quite unbelievable that it was literally right there. The logistics were like 60% solved for them already, the remaining 40% was just making sure the online content remained linked with inventory and fulfillment, and expanding that capacity. “We think online shopping will be just a fad” - the unimaginable hubris… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I was refreshing myself on wiki. They launched prodigy, but it was too early for online shopping to be popular. So they probably got a bad taste for that kind of thing. A concept in venture capital is that it's all about timing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ohh I forgot they did Prodigy. It was such a WEIRD experience; it seemed to drop you down into this BBS/DOS mode, and none of the navigation was very similar to everything else on any PC/Mac at the time. I enjoyed some of the games on it but I really didn’t know what to think otherwise. We didn’t keep it very long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Can you fill us in on what it was exactly? I'm rather confused but I think I got online store out of it man permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I was refreshing myself on wiki. They launched prodigy, but it was too early for online shopping to be popular. So they probably got a bad taste for that kind of thing. A concept in venture capital is that it's all about timing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ohh I forgot they did Prodigy. It was such a WEIRD experience; it seemed to drop you down into this BBS/DOS mode, and none of the navigation was very similar to everything else on any PC/Mac at the time. I enjoyed some of the games on it but I really didn’t know what to think otherwise. We didn’t keep it very long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Can you fill us in on what it was exactly? I'm rather confused but I think I got online store out of it man permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ohh I forgot they did Prodigy. It was such a WEIRD experience; it seemed to drop you down into this BBS/DOS mode, and none of the navigation was very similar to everything else on any PC/Mac at the time. I enjoyed some of the games on it but I really didn’t know what to think otherwise. We didn’t keep it very long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Can you fill us in on what it was exactly? I'm rather confused but I think I got online store out of it man permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Can you fill us in on what it was exactly? I'm rather confused but I think I got online store out of it man permalink fedilink source parent
