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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Retail Store Closings
	Date:	9/25/2009 10:09:40 PM

It doesn't surprise me that a lot of stores have closed. As the big box discount retailers have upped the quality of their merchandise, it has affected other retailers. The downturn in the economy has just sped up the process. Some were going to go out of business.
Some deserve to go out of business too -- sloppy merchandising, lack of customer support, failure to anticipate what the customers want. Several stores that I shop are making last ditch efforts to "reinvent" themselves.
I also think there is a psychological component to it too --- many of us know we have too much stuff anyway, and when others are suffering, it just doesn't seem right to be acquiring more.

And I have to say that I take personal responsibility for the downturn of Starbucks. Since I moved to Lake Martin I no longer am able to make my twice a day stops there for a latte.

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