You’ll just [use it to] get prepared, read product reviews, look at components. The retail side will still be there, but you won’t have to run around looking for depth of information.
Predictor: Chalk, Dave
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Profit, writer Ian Portsmouth quotes Dave Chalk, president of Vancouver-based Doppler Computer Superstores. Portsmouth writes: ”Chalk says the Net will never replace shopping trips. ‘You’ll just [use it to] get prepared, read product reviews, look at components. The retail side will still be there, but you won’t have to run around looking for depth of information.'”
Biography:Dave Chalk established himself as a tech expert in the 1990s as the host of Dave Chalk’s Computer Show, a television program aimed at providing practical computer information with a human touch. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Shopping
Name of publication: Profit
Title, headline, chapter name: Selling on the Net
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Did=000000007735514&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=5&Sid=2&RQT=309
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Canizaro, Lauren