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Last issue of Rapaport magazine (June 3, ''05) is dedicated to the Internet issues. Some articles are available online:
The Internet Evolution - by Martin Rapaport
"My father told me a story about his father — the original Martin Rapaport. He owned the grain mill in Satmar, Hungary. The mill made money by buying up large quantities of wheat, grinding it and selling the flour. Every year my grandfather would travel to a very wealthy landowner, a several days’ journey, and negotiate the purchase of the landowner’s entire grain production. One year, my grandfather arrived as usual and the landowner very apologetically explained that he had already sold his wheat to a company in London. He took my grandfather into a room and showed him a telephone, proudly explaining how that the deal was negotiated over the phone. Greatly disheartened my grandfather returned home and told my father “the telephone will kill the wheat business.”"
Other articles
Wooing the Web-to-Store Customer - this article in the magazine ends with "Planting Seeds of Doubt" - ten questions to ask customers. Few of them:
* Did you speak to a person? Is there a telephone number so that you could?
* How was the diamond''s grade determined?
* Is the grade guaranteed?
* Is diamond backed by a report or a certificate? Can you verify that the report referes to the specific diamond sent to you?
Internet Reshaping Market Landscape
The Internet: A Blessing or a Curse?
Do you use the Internet to Attract Customers?
Internet Sales Gain Ground
Some article might become availabile online later. One is rather interesting "Squeezing the little guy" - an interview with a diamond dealer from New York.
The Internet Evolution - by Martin Rapaport
"My father told me a story about his father — the original Martin Rapaport. He owned the grain mill in Satmar, Hungary. The mill made money by buying up large quantities of wheat, grinding it and selling the flour. Every year my grandfather would travel to a very wealthy landowner, a several days’ journey, and negotiate the purchase of the landowner’s entire grain production. One year, my grandfather arrived as usual and the landowner very apologetically explained that he had already sold his wheat to a company in London. He took my grandfather into a room and showed him a telephone, proudly explaining how that the deal was negotiated over the phone. Greatly disheartened my grandfather returned home and told my father “the telephone will kill the wheat business.”"
Other articles
Wooing the Web-to-Store Customer - this article in the magazine ends with "Planting Seeds of Doubt" - ten questions to ask customers. Few of them:
* Did you speak to a person? Is there a telephone number so that you could?
* How was the diamond''s grade determined?
* Is the grade guaranteed?
* Is diamond backed by a report or a certificate? Can you verify that the report referes to the specific diamond sent to you?
Internet Reshaping Market Landscape
The Internet: A Blessing or a Curse?
Do you use the Internet to Attract Customers?
Internet Sales Gain Ground
Some article might become availabile online later. One is rather interesting "Squeezing the little guy" - an interview with a diamond dealer from New York.
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