Make no mistake, showrooming is crushing brick-and-mortar, increasingly pushing in-store sales online, where they're almost always inevitably cheaper. With online retail spend growing 16 percent last year, and retailers like Best Buy and Target recently creating Amazon.com price-matching policies, there's no denying the trend....
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