Why Brick-and-Mortar Stores Might Have the Edge Over Amazon After All

With all the talk of Amazon.com crushing brick-and-mortar chains, can the online giant, or any pure-play e-commerce merchant, ever really compete with physical stores when it comes to the instant gratification of leaving a store with a purchase in hand? Amazon's launch last week of Prime Now, a speedy delivery service on tens of thousands of daily essentials to parts of New York City, revived that question.