They watched in horror as Amazon, en route to becoming the world’s largest online retailer, pushed the bookstore chain Borders into bankruptcy, and have wondered if they will be next. The American discount retailer Walmart, reportedly concerned that it is cannibalizing its own sales, has gone so far as to stop selling Amazon’s Kindle tablets.
因此，大超市突然发现，自己的业务模式不灵了。它们惊恐地看到，正在成为世界第一大在线零售商的亚马逊将连锁书店Borders推向了破产，它们害怕自己会成为下一个。据报道，由于担心自己的销售受到侵蚀，美国折扣零售商沃尔玛已经停止出售亚马逊的Kindle平板电脑。