Scenarios about 'online retail'
The commercial practice of selling goods and services through internet-based platforms, which emerged in the 1990s and revolutionized traditional shopping experiences. Online retail transformed global commerce by eliminating geographical barriers, enabling 24/7 purchasing, and creating new business models based on digital storefronts, personalized marketing, and sophisticated logistics networks. In alternate history scenarios, different technological developments or economic policies could dramatically alter how online retail evolved and impacted society.
What If Amazon Remained Just an Online Bookstore?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Jeff Bezos never expanded Amazon beyond books, dramatically altering the landscape of e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital services in the 21st century.