I don’t know if I understand this.
His goal is certainly to grow and develop his business. His goal is to do that, regardless of what the management of Sears is doing with their business.
If former vacant Sears locations are prime real estate for Amazon, because Sears has shrunk, Amazon is making a business decision to move into abandoned property. It’s not as if Amazon acquired healthy Sears stores and turned them into Amazon warehouses.
Does Amazon still try to offer “tax free” sales while having a footprint in every state?