[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by thegenius1

Check out Zappos.com #15 of Fortunes 500 companies in 04 http://www.inc.com/resources/inc500/...04/zappos.html ,

http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Review-o...ores&id=247245

Yes, $50M a year, not bad, but not exactly Microsoft.

I also think you need to look a bit closer at the situation in the Midwest.

Walmarts ruthless expansion policies have turn much of the Mid-West of American into a retail desert. Clearly, if you have drive hundreds of miles to try on a pair of shoes, getting them over the Internet suddenly seems that much more attractive. I think you are unlikely to see parallels of this situation in Europe or the Far East.