'E-tailers that try to emulate Amazon are finished', says Buy IT boss

Doug Woodburn
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E-tailers should borrow from traditional retail techniques to stay alive, Nick Glynne tells CRN

Any e-tailer trying to emulate Amazon is "finished", according to the managing director of Buy IT Direct, who argued they must borrow from traditional retail techniques if they are to have a future...

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