Brick and mortar retailers finally got their way in 2012 when Amazon started collecting sales tax in states where it had no physical presence.

This removed the reason for Amazon to avoid that very same physical presence in so many states. Now we have local Amazon warehouses with one-day and same-day delivery, Amazon delivery lockers in convenience stores, Amazon-operated delivery vehicles, and soon Amazon grocery stores.

Is this the level playing field[1] that B&M retailers had in mind?

1. http://www.mercurynews.com/2012/09/13/mercury-news-editorial...