The Boston Globe goes behind the scenes at the Netflix distribution center in Northborough, Massachusetts, and reveals just a bit of the service’s secrets for success. For our family, the key ingredient is you can order anime titles, even obscure ones, like Mushi-Shi, which I’ll be posting soon.
I’ve got to believe that Netflix, Amazon, eBay, and the Internet in general has been good overall for the United States Postal Service. Because for a while it seemed the Internet’s effect would be negative, overall, due to the reduction in first class postage for letters and and second class postage for magazines.
Cool article! I especially like the reference to Oompa Loompas.