This is a great article that sheds some light on Newegg’s operation and how they managed to pull in more than $1 billion in sales last year. I’ve used them to buy stuff since they started out as a small internet retailer back in 2001. The key to their success seems to be proprietary logistical product routing technology developed in-house that ships almost any of their 60,000 products to customers within twenty four hours of a placed order. Newegg was also a pioneer in establishing individual product comment threads submitted by anyone that wanted to take the time to make them (similar to Amazon).Ever wonder why the boxes you get from online retailers just happen to pack your entire order into a box that perfectly fits the contents? It’s no coincidence. Checkout the automatic box maker they utilize.
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This built in espresso maker looks very nice. I wonder how well it makes espresso and froths milk, though…
Zanussi’s built-in coffee maker
Kitchens were once such simple places; a cooker, a sink and a fridge. What else did you need? Well, following on from the flip down TV, you can now fit an integrated coffee maker into your ever-shrinking space. Zanussi’s ZCOF636 certainly looks the part with its modern brushed steel finish, it has a hot water dispenser for long coffee drinks or tea making and steam spout for frothy milk drinks, a built-in bean grinder and an accessory drawer for your cups and supplies underneath. And unusually for these machines, it can make two cups at a time. So no-one has to have the cold one. If you desire an endless supply of espresso or cappuccino, it might appeal. But before you dash down to the kitchen showroom, ask yourself when was the last time you used your existing coffee machine? Exactly.
