Obviously I think this is a necessary first step because the contract negotiation unfortunately broke off this weekend and doesn't seem likely to be restarted, ... We have to do something to reopen ports. The impact is going to get much worse over time.
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Mass retailers don't know much about order fulfillment on a one-time basis, ... Nothing turns a consumer off more than when you get sucked in, you want the product, and they don't have it. Brick-and-mortar retailers need to figure out these issues, and they're starting to.
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I think that ultimately the Internet and the brick-and-mortars will be very synergistic, ... It is only a matter of time that Internet companies open stores. We have seen catalogers open stores, like J. Crew. The lines will blur and the Internet will just be one more store.
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All of the back channel information I'm getting is that they're actually making some progress.
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As long as they're extending the contract, I think that's a signal there will be no slowdown, ... Perhaps there will be a very long drawn out negotiating process that will give us a lot of gray hair.
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