Apparently. According to our Jinksy, anyway. 'I believe him, boss. He knows what's going on.' Oh yeah? Well, how am I going to download a new guitar from the internet, genius? Have a word with yourself, Voice, for Christ's sake!
"3D printing will have a huge impact on our lives and on our High Streets," ParcelHero's Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks MILT, told an audience of leading retailers and supply chain professionals at this week's Richmond Supply Chain Forum.
High Streets? Capitals? Whatever.
Detailing the impact of e-commerce on retail logistics at the key industry event - held this year at the Luton Hoo Hotel, Bedfordshire - David revealed that it will not only be home desk top 3D printers that transform how consumers receive their items, but that an entirely new type of 3D print store will also open on our High Streets within a decade.
Oh yeah, right. Guitars, David? Come on, son.
Said David: "Not only will small domestic 3D printers make possible the downloading and manufacturing of everything from spare parts and toys, to kitchen utensils and clothing; but stores with printers far larger than those in the home will open in the same way photo-copy shops sprang up 30 years ago."
David told his audience of retail and logistics professionals that, "3D printing will bring the era of instant shopping gratification nearer for consumers. Already it's not just plastic items that can be printed; but metal 3D filaments are increasingly available to enable the download and manufacture tough, precise products in the home."
Yeah, no guitars. No Yamaha acoustics. Or Les Pauls. It's just as I thought. 'Boss, he never said you could get guitars. Why don't you read these fucking emails properly before you start coming out with your half-assed opinions?' Er ... excuse me, Voice. Remember who pays your wages. You're on thin ice, my little disembodied friend. 'Ha! What wages?' Shut up! / Oh, what's this? -
And he predicted that larger stores will be able to print items too big for home printers on demand - leading to an entirely new retail sector on the High Street. "These new 3D print stores will manufacture Items from car mudguards and exhaust systems, to tables, large garden statues, sheds - and even preformed 3D printed houses are already being produced in China."
Nice. But there's no need for Yamaha and Gibson/Epiphone to worry, is there? FFS!
Okay. That's enough. I've lost my enthusiasm now. However, I've proved my point. Jinksy was wrong, and I was right.
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Anything else? No. Laters.
"3D printing will have a huge impact on our lives and on our High Streets," ParcelHero's Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks MILT, told an audience of leading retailers and supply chain professionals at this week's Richmond Supply Chain Forum.
High Streets? Capitals? Whatever.
Detailing the impact of e-commerce on retail logistics at the key industry event - held this year at the Luton Hoo Hotel, Bedfordshire - David revealed that it will not only be home desk top 3D printers that transform how consumers receive their items, but that an entirely new type of 3D print store will also open on our High Streets within a decade.
Oh yeah, right. Guitars, David? Come on, son.
Said David: "Not only will small domestic 3D printers make possible the downloading and manufacturing of everything from spare parts and toys, to kitchen utensils and clothing; but stores with printers far larger than those in the home will open in the same way photo-copy shops sprang up 30 years ago."
David told his audience of retail and logistics professionals that, "3D printing will bring the era of instant shopping gratification nearer for consumers. Already it's not just plastic items that can be printed; but metal 3D filaments are increasingly available to enable the download and manufacture tough, precise products in the home."
Yeah, no guitars. No Yamaha acoustics. Or Les Pauls. It's just as I thought. 'Boss, he never said you could get guitars. Why don't you read these fucking emails properly before you start coming out with your half-assed opinions?' Er ... excuse me, Voice. Remember who pays your wages. You're on thin ice, my little disembodied friend. 'Ha! What wages?' Shut up! / Oh, what's this? -
And he predicted that larger stores will be able to print items too big for home printers on demand - leading to an entirely new retail sector on the High Street. "These new 3D print stores will manufacture Items from car mudguards and exhaust systems, to tables, large garden statues, sheds - and even preformed 3D printed houses are already being produced in China."
Nice. But there's no need for Yamaha and Gibson/Epiphone to worry, is there? FFS!
Okay. That's enough. I've lost my enthusiasm now. However, I've proved my point. Jinksy was wrong, and I was right.
...
Anything else? No. Laters.
