Yep, once agin US business looks only to the next quarter.
When you are only a handful of quarters from bankruptcy, the near-term seems pretty important.
I suspect the entire retail industry operates on such a low margin that many of these big players are looking to drastically reduce -- if not eliminate -- their reliance on any sales staff. I can see a day in the not-too-distant future when consumers will have an expectation that retail stores that sell common products will operate like self-serve gas stations.