Future of Retail
Virgin on Business: The (Uncertain) Future of Retail
The implications of chain-store closings and shopping-mall failures will be far reaching.
The big story in American retailing in 2017 is not Amazon, although Amazon figures in the tale. This year, the lead headline is the demise of the American chain store. Heres a quick scan of companies that recently announced theyre closing stores, going out of business, filing bankruptcy petitions or all of the above: Sears….