You’re premise doesn’t make sense. When Walgreens left the local retailers should have had no problem picking up the business.
But the issue is they can’t because they are also subject to shoplifting problems, shocker.
The premise of “this business drove itself into the ground to force itself to eventually have to close” is risible. Why wouldn’t they just close the business and skip all of the loss in between of going to locked down mode?
> When Walgreens left the local retailers should have had no problem picking up the business.
They already closed.
> But the issue is they can’t because they are also subject to shoplifting problems, shocker.
No, they just don't exist, bad COVID policies and mismanagement of PPP helped with that the most.
> The premise of “this business drove itself into the ground to force itself to eventually have to close” is risible.
That's your premise, not mine. I agree, that is risible.
> Why wouldn’t they just close the business and skip all of the loss in between of going to locked down mode?
You've watched the news? So you know what happens in a neighborhood when one of these stores tries to close because of simple economics?
Wouldn't it be very useful for them to have a socially accepted excuse as to why they just _had_ to close?
Anyways, so many of you are so eager to shout down what I'm saying, which doesn't bother me, but I do have to ask, what value calculation goes into you using your time in this way? Do you honestly think my words are that problematic that they must be addressed in this absurd rhetorical style? Or is it some other reason?
> so many of you are so eager to shout down what I'm saying
Because what you're saying makes little sense. Cabinets increase costs. Why would the retailer willingly increase their costs when they could just not have cabinets and enjoy a better margin and not risk losing customers to internet retailers?
But the issue is they can’t because they are also subject to shoplifting problems, shocker.
The premise of “this business drove itself into the ground to force itself to eventually have to close” is risible. Why wouldn’t they just close the business and skip all of the loss in between of going to locked down mode?