Brick-And-Mortar Retail Is Not Dead, But Department Stores Like Macy`s Sure Are

The reports of Sears’ looming liquidation and the drastic drop in Macy’s stock price today, after a below expectations warning on holiday performance, portend one very important fact: Department stores are doomed.

Many pundits like to claim that physical retail is not dead. They are right. Physical retail is not dead, but department stores sure are...

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RSK: There is a lot going on in this article and you can glean out whatever you wish. For me it is plain and simple...the convenience factor of trying on the clothing, finding my size and taking it with me. Or, if it is a product other than clothing I can touch and feel it and see it in action. Nothing worse than ordering an article of clothing than having to return it by mail for a different size which then doesn`t quite fit either. If I were a B&M retailer, I would have samples of everything in each possible size and color and then let people buy it and have it shipped to them, knowing that it will fit properly. Kohls, seems to have this idea although not a perfect one...it works for me.

Ken Notes: Read this! Some market is going to create a new dynamic for large retail, I think Madison should work with retailers to experiment we have malls that arn`t dead yet with end caps to play with and if we solve the billion dollar problem????