What was the last retail store you went to (not target/Walmart) and why?

Angela Ahrendts leaves apple

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212657/apple-retail-chief-angela-ahrendts-leaving-replacement

Sears liquidates?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sears-bankruptcy-small-stores-appliances-20190214-story.html

Ron Johnson and JCP 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2013/04/09/ron-johnson-ousted-as-jcpenney-ceo

Amazon Go

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherwalton/2019/02/15/amazon-go-haters-please-stop-burying-your-heads-in-the-sand-like-ostriches/#4d93c03e11fd

Best Buy Earnings

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/best-buy-earnings-q2-2018.html

Alexa Shopping / Google Shopping / Instacart

https://qz.com/1322124/amazon-is-capitalizing-on-the-demise-of-toys-r-us/

NYC transforms as businesses can’t survive:

https://medium.com/futures-protocol/new-york-city-transforms-into-a-retail-wasteland-ea05dece2678

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-10/new-york-city-transforms-retail-wastelend

“”“Particularly hard hit are gentrifying areas in Brooklyn and many of Manhattan’s top retail strips in some of the world’s priciest shopping districts, from Broadway in SoHo to Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side. Soaring rents and competition from online shopping have forced out many beloved mom-and-pop shops, which many residents say decimates neighborhoods and threatens New York’s unique character. Then there is the blight that shuttered stores bring, including vagrants, graffiti and trash.””

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