Posted on 09/05/2017 7:56:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The retail landscape looks like it's about to get rougher for everyone especially those on the lowest rung of the ladder.
Retail is the largest employer in the US, employing an estimated 4.6 million people in full- or part-time jobs.
But estimates also say that the sector has shed more than 89,000 jobs in general merchandise stores alone between last October and May of this year. At last count, over 6,375 stores have been announced for across the country this year.
It's this shedding of jobs that's about to create what retail-industry consultant Doug Stephens is calling a "retail refugee crisis" in an article in Business of Fashion....
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
I did not know that. How the hell they get gov subsidies!? No wonder they push for every leftist crony business measure such as trans and illegals, whining, instead of organizing themselves
Amazon can do e-commerce, why cant they organize? These are not businesses but whiners
I always wondered as to why I would shop where I could not work because my views would be suffering hostility while some f@g trans coworker would be all over exposing his or her belief for all to see and be praised for it
People need to stop shopping where they are considered persona non grata as hires, because somehow lately civil rights do not apply. Barnes and Nobles as far more antichristian litterature than antiislam, disgusting.
Then are supposed to feel sorry when muslims attack shopping centers
subsidized mortgages
subsidized insurance
subsidized small business loans
subsidized highways
Amazon has been very good to it’s upper management and larger share holders economy.
I love the bike ride to Walmart or the mall, but cant stand being there once there, always in a hurry to gtfo of these dreadful places.
I love my local gun shops and pawn shops, though
LOL...just making a point that even at short distances it’s really, really, nice to be able to not have to leave the house to buy stuff.
As to hands-on, yes and no. Obviously much better selection with Amazon - so the days of having to go to multiple stores to find something are gone...and often the descriptions and certainly the ratings/comments are great to have!
You can drive the 2.4 miles and get it today, when you’re ready. Or you can wait two days for Prime shipping. Right now we have a choice.
Let me see here, I live in town, should I drive to the nearest big box store to buy a $40 item or order it online for $35 and have it delivered to my front porch? Maybe pay tax, maybe not. Decisions, Decisions.
My wife already has.
Or drive that far, go to three or four supply stores, not find what you are looking for, go home empty handed and order it online.
Been there, done that too.
I was thinking more build a heavy presence on the internet and advertise about it like hell.
But yours is a different approach :)
I’m not married to Amazon, or microsoft, or google
Make me want to buy from you online.
Great post.
The USPS totally screwed up my Amazon order just today-——to say that I’m annoyed would be an understatement.
I have notified Amazon.
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How many of those big box stores publicly supported PC causes, allowed transgenders to share women’s restroom and dressing rooms, and dissed President Trump and his family?
in a way they are since they own various brick and mortar stores and other sorts of businesses too not just their online Amazon store.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Amazon.com
Being forced to spend $1800 a month on fake healthcare with a deductible that doesn’t kick in until you’ve reached a high threshold has murdered the retail industry.
Even Belk sold themselves.
Which would you rather speak to?
When I was on the front desk at least a half dozen times a day I would hear, "You mean I am talking to a real person?
They would then make some simple request or ask a question that I found very basic but that the automated system could not handle.
You nailed it in #14.
That’s assuming the store carries the make/model you want, and has it in stock.
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