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How Amazon Forced CVS to Stop Selling Cigarettes
• Wired.comAs the pharmacy chain was getting all those plaudits yesterday, Amazon said that its iOS app would soon let you place an order simply by pointing your iPhone camera at a product — no barcode scan needed. The two events seem may seem completely unconnected, but they’re tied together like — to borrow a phrase from Amazon’s playbook — a gazelle and a cheetah.
Though the CVS no-tobacco decision seems like good corporate citizenship, it’s also about staying one step ahead of Amazon’s relentless campaign to eviscerate brick-and-mortar businesses.