Of course, everybody wonders where stores can go next.
The retailer on Wednesday announced a program where stores can sell its popular reading devices.
The question now is where stores have the means to promote such different dreams.
I was recently in France, where stores have stopped giving out plastic bags with purchases.
And it is not a place where stores look to high volume as a way to post big Christmas profits.
There is more shopping in Tiverton, where stores offer antiques, books, clothes, art, toys and home furnishings.
Sales-tax collections were hit hard when Presidents' Day sales were either sparsely attended, or nonexistent where stores closed.
But both are competing on price, where stores like Nordstrom's and Bloomingdale's compete on ambience and service.
The crowd assembled on Hong Kong's most fashionable boulevard, where stores like Cartier and Chanel stayed open throughout.
Or consider airports, where stores make about $1,000 a square foot and ZoomShops generate $10,000 to $40,000 a square foot, he said.
In a competitive market where stores compete vigorously, price guarantees would be an effective mechanism to push prices down and increase consumer surplus.
