Most of those companies deserve to close. They are not keeping up with the changes necessary to keep in business. Seriously, Best Buy? Really? Nobody is buying DVDs or music anymore. Everything is purchased through Amazon or people have Netflix, Hulu, or/and Amazon Prime. Any video type store is on life support. Office Depot? Really? Nobody goes there anymore.K-Mart? Losey store that is dirty. Walmart is a million times better. Every company mentioned does not surprise me....except Barnes and Nobel sorta because at least they are trying to keep up with technology but it won’t be enough obviously.
It isn’t the fault of Best Buy that the products which keep customers coming back most frequently, movies, books, music and games are also the ones which are also migrating to digital. They are getting more serious about downsizing but none of these companies selling small electronics and responsible for manning physical overhead aren’t going to be able to compete on price with Web based retailers.