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Think — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:53:59 GMT

Wasn't there a guy, about 20 years ago, talking about a giant sucking sound and an international race to the bottum?

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Candlelight777 — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:53:15 GMT

<br />If this country keeps rewarding BIG businesses with subsidies and tax breaks when clearly they are not providing a living wage to the very workers carrying out their business plans and producing their products and services, then no one can afford to buy their products and services or any other businesses for that matter and this is what happens as a result of funding greed...stores starting closing. If this country continues to fund and support those who are able to provide for themselves,... [ More ]

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Lucky Loser — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:55:16 GMT

<br />I realize companies can't just go paying everyone big bucks for bringing clothes out of the stockroom and hanging 'em up, restocking shelves with canned goods, making dozens of pizzas in an hour, building someone's burger and dropping fresh fries/onion rings, and the list goes on. However, these are the people making things happen...they are grinding. The main reason they can't do it, though, is because it would mean cutting into their pockets in the end.<br /><br />Something would have to... [ More ]

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onlymoney — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:10:38 GMT

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Original Blog Entry: Yep, the Monster Media Machine has you Fluoridated Zombies Believing Everything is A O K.

JADELottery — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:51:45 GMT

http://www.infowars.com/20-facts-about-the-great-u-s-retail-apocalypse-that-will-blow-your-mind/

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The following are 20 facts about the great U.S. retail apocalypse that will blow your mind

#1 As you read this article, approximately a billion square feet of retail space is sitting vacant in the United States.

#2 Last week, Radio Shack announced that it was going to close more than a thousand stores.

#3 Last week, Staples announced that it was going to close 225 stores.

#4 Same-store sales at Office Depot have declined for 13 quarters in a row.

#5 J.C. Penney has been dying for years, and it recently announced plans to close 33 more stores.

#6 J.C. Penney lost 586 million dollars during the second quarter of 2013 alone.

#7 Sears has closed about 300 stores since 2010, and CNN is reporting that Sears is expected to shutter another 500 Sears and Kmart locations soon .

#8 Overall, sales numbers have declined at Sears for 27 quarters in a row.

#9 Target has announced that it is going to eliminate 475 jobs and not fill 700 positions that are currently empty.

#10 It is being projected that A ropostale will close about 175 stores over the next couple of years.

#11 Macy s has announced that it is going to be closing five stores and eliminating 2,500 jobs.

#12 The Children s Place has announced that it will be closing down 125 of its weakest stores by 2016.

#13 Best Buy recently shut down about 50 stores up in Canada.

#14 Video rental giant Blockbuster has completely shut down all of their stores.

#15 It is being projected that sales at U.S. supermarkets will decline by 1.7 percent this year even as the overall population continues to grow.

#16 McDonald s has reported that sales at established U.S. locations were down 3.3 percent in January.

#17 A home appliance chain known as American TV in the Midwest is going to be shutting down all 11 stores.

#18 Even Wal-Mart is struggling right now. Just check out what one very prominent Wal-Mart executive recently admitted

David Cheesewright, CEO of Walmart International was speaking at the same presentation, and he pointed out that Walmart would try to protect its market share in the US where the company had just issued an earnings warning. But most of the growth would have to come from its units outside the US. I mean, via these share buybacks?

Alas, outside the US too, economies were limping along at best, and consumers were struggling and the operating environment was tough. We re seeing economies under stress pretty much everywhere we operate, Cheesewright admitted.

#19 In a recent CNBC article entitled Time to close Wal-Mart stores? Analysts think so , it was recommended that Wal-Mart should close approximately 100 underperforming supercenters in rural locations across America.

#20 Retail consultant Howard Davidowitz is projecting that up to half of all shopping malls in America may shut down within the next 15 to 20 years

Within 15 to 20 years, retail consultant Howard Davidowitz expects as many as half of America s shopping malls to fail. He predicts that only upscale shopping centers with anchors like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus will survive.

So is there any hope that things will turn around?

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