If one were to jump into a time machine to travel back to 1995 or thereabouts, what would the publishers of newspapers and magazines have to say about the "Internet"? One might assume, at first glance, that the Internet would be a publisher's dream: unprecedented reach beyond the usual regional scope, access to new readership, …
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The Price of Cheap: The Hidden Cost of E-Commerce
Oil companies say that demand will never be the same and that refinery cutbacks are necessary to boost sagging profits. Meanwhile, more cash-strapped shoppers are looking to save money and time shopping online. What do these seemingly separate trends have to do with one another? A lot more than you might think. Learn why e-commerce may contribute to increasing fuel prices, inflation and a retail landscape of tomorrow that hardly resembles anything we know today.