Opinions, opinions, and plenty of more opinions about retailers
March 08, 2017
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There are opinions that Amazon and e-commerce is the reason for all brick-and-mortar retailers woes.
Sears has an Amazon problem it probably can't survive
Loads of J.C. Penney Stores Are About to Close Because of the Crushing Impact of Online Shopping
There are opinions that Amazon and e-commerce is not the reason for all brick-and-mortar retailers woes.
Opinion: Sorry, but Amazon isn't actually annihilating retail jobs
Then there is the latest chain brick-and-mortar retailer announcing store closures.
J.C. Penney to Close Up to 140 Stores
J C Penney Company Inc (JCP) Announces Closing of 130 Stores or More
Then there is more brick-and-mortar retailers closing stores.
5 Other Large Retailers Besides J.C. Penney Closing a Good Amount of Stores
HHGregg closing 88 stores amid bankruptcy rumors
To top all of those above, malls will face declining traffic possibly due to big retail closures which many are traditionally anchors to malls, but to Jim Cramer due to online retailers and border adjustment taxes.
Malls are going to become ghost towns, Jim Cramer says
My hypothesis of the recent brick-and-mortar retailers closures can be found when we did Calculus 1 in maximum and minimum value . Where if retailers minimize enough stores they will maximize profits and in straight answer minimizing operations to the point that profits are maximized.