tigger398 Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 562 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2,074 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 648 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1966 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I heard that Sears and 13 major retail stores are closing. Is that true. Are more stores closing. I thought the economy was getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamnot Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 221 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 64 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/23/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/21/1945 Share Posted February 29, 2016 People are now buying a lot of things on the internet. I use amazon a lot to buy things even groceries and since i can get things mostly postage free, I figure it is the best way to shop for many things. That could be the reason a lot of stores are closing. Amazon is starting to replace stores like wal-mart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted February 29, 2016 I use Amazon a lot as well. I have heard that is the reason that many stores are closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qnts2 Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,875 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 1,336 Days Won: 9 Joined: 03/13/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted February 29, 2016 I have read that the stores which are stuggling are the old fashioned department stores. Sears has already sold off some of it's assets, other brandings like Kmart is owned by Sears, which it had bought over the years. I recently read the Kohl's is some closing stores also. I think it was Macy's which is bringing back the department store restaurant which used to be very popular, to keep people in the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted February 29, 2016 6 minutes ago, Qnts2 said: I have read that the stores which are stuggling are the old fashioned department stores. Sears has already sold off some of it's assets, other brandings like Kmart is owned by Sears, which it had bought over the years. I recently read the Kohl's is some closing stores also. I think it was Macy's which is bringing back the department store restaurant which used to be very popular, to keep people in the store. I remember the department store restaurant. When I was a little girl my mom would take me to lunch downtown at the Meier and Frank restaurant which was pretty nice. Then we would go to a movie. Meier and Frank has since become Macy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoob57 Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 35 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 41,065 Content Per Day: 7.97 Reputation: 21,395 Days Won: 76 Joined: 03/13/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/27/1957 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Wow that was before tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheya joie Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,054 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 351 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/15/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted February 29, 2016 I never understood mail-ordering things when I could just go right to the store, buy them, and have them right away instead of waiting for the items to be sent to me. So buying things from the internet has no appeal to me either. I only order a thing if I can't find it at all locally - and believe me, I will search for it locally for a loooong time before I'll ever order it online. Brick-and-mortar stores must love me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,043 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,788 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 29, 2016 it used to be that if you needed something you could almost always find it at Walmart..... my last three trips to Walmart to purchase things that i had gotten their before turned out with me empty handed when I left..... and when I checked on line it was cheaper from Amazon than Walmart and with Amazon Prime almost everything I get shipped two day delivery free. My son lives in Arlington Texas and he gets free 2.5 hour delivery at his home for things in the warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,696 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,516 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted February 29, 2016 37 minutes ago, sheya joie said: I never understood mail-ordering things when I could just go right to the store, buy them, and have them right away instead of waiting for the items to be sent to me. So buying things from the internet has no appeal to me either. I only order a thing if I can't find it at all locally - and believe me, I will search for it locally for a loooong time before I'll ever order it online. Brick-and-mortar stores must love me. well, to a point yes. Some things I prefer going into a store for, others, I dont, or cant. I run a small computer shop out of my home, and I do a lot of computer building, and I need specialty parts and stuff like that that I simply can't get in town. We have a few computer shops in town, that do sell parts, but theyre rarely the brands I like to use, and are usually priced far higher. With my guns, again it varies-if its something that I can do myself, like a stock or a scope or other accessory, id rather buy them in a store, but a lot of our local sporting goods stores DONT carry them, and sometimes even your bigger stores like cabelas dont even carry what I need. If its something that needs machined, then I take it local, and I rarely order ammo online, I dont like waiting a week to get ammo in. Even my reloading stuff I start in town, but since Im now firing so many oddball cartridges, ive had to order online to get what I need. Quite frankly, a lot of stores like sears, just cant keep up with online and wal-mart. Wal-marts done a good job of marketing both online and in store, even offering things online you cant get in store, and offering free shipping if you pick up in store (which encourages people to spend more because they might see another product they like on their way back to the pickup counter) while Sears and stores like it, are in essence playing catch up, and its not working out for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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