Japanese Weave A Convenient Web

E-Commerce revitalizes neighborhood corner stores.

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September 19, 2000, 11:00 AM PDT

While the United States may have invented convenience stores in the 1920's, Japanese are reinventing them for the 21st century by bringing Internet shopping and e-commerce deliveries to the ubiquitous "combini" shops.

Thanks to Telecom-Cities Research Network Taub Urban Research Center, New York University

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