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In reply to the discussion: More than 6,200 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on -- here's the full list [View all]Captain Stern
(2,201 posts)65. We're on the same page.
I know it's probably not as easy as I think it should have been, but it seems to me like Sears could have been Amazon.
Even before the Internet, you could order from Sears, and have what you ordered delivered to your home. Even if you lived in "One Traffic Light, USA", you could get the catalog, and order whatever you wanted, and you'd get it.
Hell, there was a point you could order homes from Sears, and have them delivered to the place you wanted your home to be.
When Amazon was starting up by just selling books, Sears was selling everything. They already had distribution centers, and all that other shit you need to deliver stuff.....and Sears didn't adapt at all.
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More than 6,200 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on -- here's the full list [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2019
OP
all that retail space can be used to shelter houseless, create new schools et etc etc nt
msongs
May 2019
#2
*THE LIST: Name, No. of Stores Closing 2019, Business Insider Link above
appalachiablue
May 2019
#37
*2018 More Than 3,800 RETAIL STORE CLOSURES* Business Insider, April 2018:
appalachiablue
May 2019
#40
Several of the 6200 stores mentioned in that article are going to close locally
The Genealogist
May 2019
#7
Amazon keeps millions of customers sitting by their computors every day racking up charges without
demosincebirth
May 2019
#38
"Amazon keeps millions of customers" I think u meant: "Millions of customers prefer shopping online"
EX500rider
May 2019
#52
Well Amazon doesn't "keep" it's customers anywhere, they have free will to do as they please. nt
EX500rider
May 2019
#67
Pretty soon it will be just a giant Amazon warehouse and a giant Costco warehouse.
Initech
May 2019
#12
You have to go to Costco. And besides, Costco pays good wages and benifits -many are union, too.
demosincebirth
May 2019
#39
White House / Black Market. Went in there for a white dress with daughter-they did not have white.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#13
The way Amazon treats employees in South Jersey -- Eff the Skull of Amazon!
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#17
We went to 2 malls and 5 shopping centers and finally found it at the last store in the 2nd mall.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#20
See my reply below to Randy. A Honda part is not the same thing as short notice women's clothing.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#44
She needed the dress in a couple of days, and there is no guarantee on online shopping.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#43
My father used to own a material handling company and I was these companies first hand.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#64
Yes. You can find photos all over the net of what people thought they were getting vs. what they got
catrose
May 2019
#27
The internet has taken over commerce...e-commerce is more efficient and quicker for most people
DemocraticSocialist8
May 2019
#45
Amazon retail department is losing money putting all these stores out of business n/t
Opel_Justwax
May 2019
#50
Has anyone stopped to consider the effect the aging population has this issue?
Runningdawg
May 2019
#54