This past year Amazon partnered with 3DLT and several other 3D printing companies to offer their products through Amazon's digital store front. At the time, the industry is still in a nascent state of development offering limited options to consumer in terms of variety of products they can get via 3D technology. However, this technology in the not so distant future can change the way consumers think of product purchases. Furthermore, it may turn traditional supply chain upside down and permanently alter how manufacturers and retailers operate.
In the future 3D technology will allow people to buy digital designs of products, the material to make the products from and printers to print them on all in the comfort of their homes, thereby eliminating the need to travel to a retail location or wait for a delivery of an online product. Instant gratification and reduction of scarcity are the some of the consumer benefits this technology offers.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/03/13/how-3d-printing-could-transform-amazon-and-online-shopping/?tid=hpModule_79c38dfc-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394
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