If we want our communities to re-open after Covid, we'll need to do more than just beat Covid. We have to shop at local places online in order to ensure they are there when our communities re-open. Need shoes, a TV, or a book? Your local store can help you. And, money you spend there stays in your community.
As you may recall, Amazon’s growth was partially due to it encouraging shoppers to use local stores as ‘showrooms’ and then complete the purchase on Amazon. Let’s turn the tables on this big community cheat and job killer. Find what you want on Amazon—but buy it from a local store. Use Amazon as a ‘showroom,’ and make your purchase elsewhere. Tip: Do this using your browser’s incognito mode so that Amazon won’t bombard you with tracking ads on other sites you visit.
We helped make Amazon America’s biggest store—and job killer. Let’s now unwind that by making it the biggest showroom from which we don’t buy.