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democratisphere

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5. Many brick and mortar stores are on the endangered species list

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 28, 2018, 04:52 AM

Jun 2018

while many are headed toward extinction. The American middle class continues to be under siege by the wealthiest and the drumpf deplorables that are too stupid to know when they are being royally screwed.

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The death of the American middle class has brought department stores down with it [View all] applegrove Jun 2018 OP

Remember when Sears was the "All-American", invincible brand? bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #1

Many brick and mortar stores are on the endangered species list democratisphere Jun 2018 #5

The correlation seems to prove this point. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #2

That is one reason, however just like anything else Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #3

Oh yes. All those are factors too. applegrove Jun 2018 #4

Some of them autocorrelate to the middle class failing like applegrove Jun 2018 #9

people don't get "dressed up" as much these days JI7 Jun 2018 #6

I have to say part of the problem is the buyers MountCleaners Jun 2018 #7

90% of my nearby mall is clothing Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #8

I don't know how many times I have complimented someone on their clothing smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #10