Report from april on track...‘Retail apocalypse’ now: Analysts say 75,000 more U.S. stores could be doomed.

No biggie its retail right

somebody needs to cut the high speed cable and save

a couple million jobs

How is that service based economy working out for you?

Too much cheap credit, developers built shopping centers and retailers filled in the gap.

Too many stores, all enabled by credit the fed pumps out at rates below what the market would demand.

Who wants to go to the mall and deal with 'teens'?

Or triggered cia high band manchuran candidates conditioned by subliminal wavelength encoded violent games

I haven't been to a mall in at least 30 years. I didn't like it then either. It's the superficial consumption and higher prices I never cared for.

The 1% have gobbled up all the money and most consumers don't have it to spend.


Money needs to flow in BOTH directions which hasn't happened since 2008.

Do you know anyone that wanted it? I could've been a mineralogist...

Infrastructure Bill will save the day.

When you shop online, by the time you pay for shipping it is usually within %10 of what you would pay at a retail established store. Online isn't really a big bargain anymore thanks to the taxes and fees the locals adhere.

Our local Ulta cosmetics store in the mall sent me $10 to buy anything, so I went in to use it, and the item I liked, an Ulta store brand item, wasn't even in stock. Stores can't even keep what u need on the shelf half the time. I shop online a lot, but thrift and discount stores, too. Don't have much to spend, anyway. Many malls here are converting into movie theaters and bars, restaurants, and just a few shops, to stay relevant. Food, dining, spas, entertainment, pet supplies, music venues, deluxe theaters, smoke shops, tattoo, discount stores, seem to be the trend. Target and Walmart are holding out, for now...

So many jobs lost. But retail has been massively overbuilt since 1990.

The real reason is that people are broke, they don’t have disposable income to pay for these items. Online shopping is the pretext.

stupid store owners losing money just to spite trump


'see the economy is declining and its his fault. not ours'

their not broke their just m,ore online savvy Why pay more to walk into a store when you can order it and have it delivered to your door for LESS.



Many companies like sears/smart it all 100% mismanagement
it was bought by Eddie Lambert to run it into the ground slowly so that he can line his pockets from it slow death. He loans the company money and when they default he get his pick of properties he does this each year. Broke off all the key brands...

Retail space is dying for online why would I pay $300 in store for something I can get the exact same thing for $149 online shipped to me door..

The big indication to look at is Walmart and there are doing well so its not the market..

Back in the 80s it was one of the hangouts for us kids. We’d roll dimes down the halls of whatever you call them to see who’d chase them.

We also super glued quarters to the floor by benches so we could sit and watch people trying to pick them up.

We were cheaply and easily entertained back then.

Walmart is doing well because they keep raising prices. Everytime I go in there, the store is half-empty but the prices are twice as much.

So, I see two trends coming out of this...

1) big box stores standing empty, needing to be repurposed in some form or fashion...maybe schools, satellite med clinics, etc
2) uptick in 2nd hand brick-n-mortar stores, both in donation intake and increase in shoppers buying

We will lost thousands of jobs, the solution ? Bring in more 3rd world migrants.

Dipshits still working retail need to go get a trade skill. I don't feel bad for dumb button pushers. Most of them have a bad attitude and carry on with their drama right in front of customers.

75,000 Woke retailers.


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by 2026?!?!?!? thats a long way off!!!

Disposable income is down.

Retail is alive, it’s just online
I still remember when malls were a new thing, killing off storefront retail in cities and towns. Now we are evolving again.

Sad, however true.
Or you get to the food and drink services and the staff refuse to treat the customers well because they feel that the customers are beneath them.
I have actually had staff refuse to serve me because they little skinny armed soy boys were triggered by my toxic masculinity. I was told by one guy while in line that he felt that I needed to know that I made him feel less than manly and it was not fair to him or his friends that my toxic masculinity made him feel bad.
I would like to say that I told that little princess where he could shove his man bun, however, I was so stunned that he actually thought that his inferiority complex was something that not only was ok to bring to my attention but that I would actually care.