Groupon opens retail store in hong kong

[premfan]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/groupon-opens-first-concept-store-in-hong-kong-2012-11-19-64853445

 

 

Anyone else find this interesting.  Creating an connection between the offline and online world. 

[DCG]

So I assume they are having retailers deliver their products to the store?

 

It's interesting, but not sure what they're ROI will be on that.

[Guest hellsten]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/groupon-opens-first-concept-store-in-hong-kong-2012-11-19-64853445

 

Anyone else find this interesting. Creating an connection between the offline and online world.

 

I think the video on ear boogers, which I found below the article on Groupon, is more interesting:

http://live.wsj.com/video/have-earwax-leave-it-alone/D5DF39F3-39E0-4A72-90A4-DCBFFB9BAAAD.html?link=MW_article_tbo2x2#!D5DF39F3-39E0-4A72-90A4-DCBFFB9BAAAD

 

Looks like Groupon is testing a new idea every week. If they keep going they might invent something useful in 20-50 years.

[premfan]

ha @ at the earwax video.    No idea about the ROI but the singapore store looks awesome. 

[WhoIsWarren]

Along the same lines is Bezos saying he'd love to open physical Amazon stores (as long as they could could make them distinctive).

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57551081-93/jeff-bezos-we-would-love-to-open-amazon-retail-stores/

 

And the Toys R Us chief was quoted in the FT yesterday:

 

"Established store retailers add more internet, and the internet-only guys add stores and other physicality.  It's so clearly the future model that it almost seems ridiculous that we're debating it".

 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/08f7169e-311d-11e2-a11a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Ckf3SXQu

 

I don't know what it all means, but it's interesting!  ???