The Sears catalog was discontinued the year before the internet was invented
Ryan Petersen · Flexport: How to Build a Truly Global Business From Day One with CEO Ryan Petersen · May 27, 2020 · at 19:43
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Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, discusses how retail distribution evolved from legacy mail-order catalogs into modern on-demand e-commerce.
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“The Sears catalog, by the way, is the most sad story ever. It was disbanded in 1993, the year before the internet was invented.”
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