Twenty years is forever if your an NFL Running Back. Not so long if your a retailer selling books and socks. I certainly remember 1997. I knew Best Buy, Macy's, Target, JCPenney, Nordstrom, Walmart, Kohl's, and Sears. I did not know Amazon and I believe I would not have believed than 20 years later, Amazon would be bigger than all of those high profile companies "COMBINED".
With a current market cap of $390 billion, the Seattle-based retail giant is now worth more than the top eight traditional brick-and-mortar retailers combined, as Credit Suisse analysts led by Eugene Klerk mentioned in a recent note.
QUESTIONABLY HELPFUL FACT TO KNOW. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED IN BED!