WALL STREET JOURNAL
April 26, 1999
We're very pleased to have been featured on the front page of the
Wall Street Journal
newspaper! Here's an excerpt:
What's in Store for Online Shopping
In a Select Comfort store in the gigantic Mall of America here, Sharon Lemieux touts the benefits of a $1,600 air mattress. But, she reckons that bricks-and-mortar buildings don't hold the future of retailing.
"Online is the future," Ms. Lemieux says. "Everything's going that way."
It's a sign of the mania surrounding electronic commerce that even the salespeople in the stores are convinced that the Internet will transform their industries, their jobs and the way their customers shop. And it isn't just the clerks....
. . .
Granted, the mall is special. It offers amusement-park attractions, as well as nightclubs and real restaurants. But, should Melvin Simon & Associates, the mall's major developer, be concerned about an Internet upstart called Reallybigmall.com? Instead of shelves and aisles, the competitor has links to 1,000 web sites of retailers. The upstart proudly boasts twice as many stores as the Mall of America.
"I would say it's a lot easier to get on a plane and come here, and it's a lot more fun", says Maureen Hooley Bausch, the associate general manager of the nonvirtual mall....
We wholeheartedly
agree
with the last statement! It
IS
easy to get on a plane to Minneapolis, and it can be a lot more fun than just sitting at your computer or texting on your phone! But, if you'd like to quickly make your reservations online and catch that plane, here's a direct link to the
travel section of
Really Big Mall.
You can conveniently purchase all of your
travel accessories and
luggage here too, to take with you on that new adventure. And while you're at it, you may even want to shop for some new
clothing that's in style along with a nice pair of comfy
shoes to stroll around in all day. Happy Shopping!
