Wouldn't surprise me. Heck, when they start stacking shipping containers on top of each other it won't surprise me.
Posted on 03/11/2014 4:46:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Staples will close up to 225 stores in North America by the end of next year as it seeks to trim about $500 million in costs annually by 2015.
The nation’s largest office-supply retailer said Thursday that nearly half of its sales are now generated online, so it will aggressively cut costs to become more efficient....
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That was easy.
1100 radio shacks too
Office Max might soon join them
Ya gotta roll with the punches.
I pretty much by everything, but for groceries, online. Really no point in going to the store. Can’t say I’m surprised.
And JC Penney, Sbarro Pizza, Ashley Stewart, Dots Clothing, etc., etc...
Somebody on another thread said that shopping malls are going to become Section 8 housing. The way shopping is changing, with so many going on the internet for so many things, businesses can’t absorb the overhead expense of too many brick and mortar stores. We’ll see.
Recovery!!
Heh
Only jobs left cept for flipping burgers will be “Hello, my name is Peggy! What is problem please?”
It all depends. I know friends and relatives who live closeby to a megamall so they don’t need to shop online. Then again, there are introverts like another bud of mine who claims “he hates humans” so he shops online LOL
Quick, somebody call 0bama so he can stop this madness.
I’ve made decent money the other way around, calling people and selling them things or setting appointments for other salespeople, six figures in one case.
Wouldn't surprise me. Heck, when they start stacking shipping containers on top of each other it won't surprise me.
In obama's America, this is the norm. Iconic retailers that were once familiar fixtures throughout the land are being exterminated by obama's burdensome regulations, confiscatory taxes and his liberal scheme to force unionism on business. When Conservatism is triumphant, so too is American business.
If you like your job...
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Our orders usually arrive in two or three days. Made an order ten days ago; it arrived today.
We are out in the middle of nowhere so it is important we have reliable service and delivery. Hope we can rely on future service no matter if it takes ten days.
That didn't take long.
Staples will probably close most of their big stores and open some smaller stores in better locations. That is what they are doing in my locale. Staples sell plenty of high margin items and have a huge online presence. I don’t think they will be going away.
Obama has been an economic NUKE...
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