ET Amazon goes off-line while retailers scramble on-line - Michael Zimmerman's hedge fund Pr entice Capital believes customers want to combine pure on-line shopping with visiting stores. Despite fewer shoppers in store, Zimmerman believes sales are increasingly driven by sofa shoppers wielding tablet computers. on-line retail giant Amazon is borrowing a tactic from traditional retailers, quietly installing large metal cabinets “Amazon Lockers” in grocery, convenience and drug store outlets accepting packages for customers for later pick-up. Considering that an estimated 64 million new phones and pads are already in consumers hands during the last quarter of 2013, the new year could be a breakthrough year for mobile shoppers. In addition, The Blomberg Consumer Comfort Index slid for four consecutive weeks to its lowest reading since April. Zimmerman has recently remarked that US consumer retail growth will probably continue to perform well in the year ahead. This view is supported by re

ET Amazon goes off-line while retailers scramble on-line - Michael Zimmerman's hedge fund Pr entice Capital believes customers want to combine pure on-line shopping with visiting stores. Despite fewer shoppers in store, Zimmerman believes sales are increasingly driven by sofa shoppers wielding tablet computers. on-line retail giant Amazon is borrowing a tactic from traditional retailers, quietly installing large metal cabinets “Amazon Lockers” in grocery, convenience and drug store outlets accepting packages for customers for later pick-up. Considering that an estimated 64 million new phones and pads are already in consumers hands during the last quarter of 2013, the new year could be a breakthrough year for mobile shoppers. In addition, The Blomberg Consumer Comfort Index slid for four consecutive weeks to its lowest reading since April. Zimmerman has recently remarked that US consumer retail growth will probably continue to perform well in the year ahead. This view is supported by re

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