The World Online?

With all the press recently of companies having to move online or die you begin to wonder how much of the ‘physical’ world is going to be left.  Will you be able to stroll into town on a Sunday morning or will you have to surf down to a virtual store to do your shopping?

With more and more companies loosing out on profit due to being outdone by online stores, it’s looking more and more likely with the likes of HMV and Woolworths losing a massive share of sales.  I wonder how long it will be before Walmart start getting into Second Life?  And with mobile phones becoming more powerful and finding ever more uses, how long before we can SMS for our shopping?

The future of physical shops is going to be quite bumpy for a fair few industries but as long as the pubs stay physical I’m fine