22 JUL 2017 / 18:56 UTC-07 Tango 06 (01 Mordad 1396/28 Shawwal 1438/01 Bing Wu 4715)
“As customers shift online, we are taking aggressive action to right-size our retail footprint.”-official Staples statement
There are two main lies being propagated by unAmerican corporate America (and the government that supports those corporations): Not enough ‘qualified’ U.S. citizens to fill vacant positions, and internet competition.
Staples on Hurley Drive in Pocatello, Idaho, shutting down in August.
On 20 July 2017, Mitt Romney co-founded wunderkind Staples announced they will shutdown their Pocatello, Idaho, location in August. They blame “customers” for shopping online.
Remember, Staples sells online as well as in brick-n-mortar stores.
I’ve pointed out before that online sales aren’t that big. Just this year Karen Edwards, instructor at University of South Carolina’s College of Hospitality Retailing and Sport Management, stated to local news media that internet sales make up only 10%-15% of all U.S. retail sales! This is really part of a conspiracy by the retail industry to shift to internet only operations, mainly because the cost of operating a brick-n-mortar store (especially rent and utilities) now outweighs sales at those stores.
Don’t blame the Internet: Idaho internet sales tax collections flat-line!
U.S. RETAIL DEATH SPIRAL: 218% SPIKE IN SHUTDOWNS SINCE LAST YEAR!
U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, MAY 2017: “TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT”
MORE ECONOMIC DECLINE: VANITY DIES IN IDAHO
IDAHO’S ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION 2016: “WE PLAN TO SELL IT DOWN TO THE BONES.” “…IT’S CRAPPY…!”
MORE ECONOMIC DECLINE: ONE FINAL LOOK AT THE IDAHO POSTAL PROCESSING CENTER MOST EAST IDAHOANS DIDN’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT!
SEARS & KMART CLOSING UPDATE 29 SEPTEMBER 2014: CANADIANS CLAIM STORE SHUTDOWNS PART OF CONSPIRACY!
2012, WHAT ECONOMIC RECOVERY? ALL PART OF REIT PLAN TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP, AND THEY BLAME YOU THE SHOPPER!