Video: Why Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Should Fear E-Commerce Companies

As e-commerce companies take hold of a growing market of internet shoppers, category-specific retailers may very well face a tough future ahead, Bloomberg reports. Brick-and-mortar retailers that offer a specific niche of product face bigger challenges in fixed costs of real estate and inventory than online retailers. Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, said those businesses can be quickly driven into bankruptcy.