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I wasn't that surprised in hearing CompUSA declare that all of its stores will close by the end of the year.  There aren't many successful brick-n-mortar type of electronics chains left in America, just Best Buy and Fry's.  But it makes sense in the evolution of retail; computer sales ought to move online.  It makes little sense to purchase hardware, software, etc. at a retail store anymore, especially since the people who typically purchase those things are geeks.  Also, it's a real hassle picking up a 32" tv, computer, monitor, etc.  All but small items that you'd need on a moment's notice such as hard drives, memory, etc. really ought to be purchased online.  It's not like clothes where you need to try it on, or food where your goods might end up smashed up in a container or spoiled even.

In a way, this also implies that companies like Buy.com, Amazon, TigersDirect, etc. will face less competition from the brick-n-mortar world while validating the notion that ecommerce will slowly take over these types of areas.  I kinda find the whole dot com bubble burst sad in that the real issue had been getting people to move online.  It's taken a while just not the short period that analysts had originally predicted.