WORKING TO HELP KEEP YOU SAFE.
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Trent Bennett:AND...LOSING
SLEEP ISN'T YOUR ONLY CONCERN
THIS WEEKEND. HOW THE TIME
CHANGE TURNS DANGEROUS FOR
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Trent Bennett:NEW AT SIX
TONIGHT. WE'VE BEEN REPORTING
ON MANY STORE CLOSURES OVER
THE PAST FEW MONTHS.IN FACT,
IT'S ADDED UP TO THOUSANDS.THE
MOST RECENT COMING TODAY FROM
ABERCOMBIE AND
FITCH...ANNOUNCING THEY'LL
CLOSE áMORE STORES IN 20-19.
THIS SEEMS TO A BE A TREND
THAT HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION
OF THOSE WHO STUDY OUR ECONOMY.
K-E-T-K'S KARAH RUCKER
EXPLAINS WHAT THEY SAY IS
CAUSING SO MANY BIG RETAILERS
TO SHUT THEIR DOORS.
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DURATION:1:43MORE THAN 11
THAT MEANS SO FAR THIS YEAR,
FIVE THOUSAND STORES ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY ARE NOW OUT OF
BUSINESS."shoppers are
changing and legacy retailers
need to pick up on that trend
and they haven't."GYMBOREE AND
PAYLESS COULDN'T KEEP UP,
THOSE NOW BANKRUPT.THEN YOU'VE
GOT JC PENNEY AND VICTORIA
SECRET --- BOTH CLOSING
HUNDREDS OF STORES."Toys r us
closes, macy's closes, that
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leaves big gaps in our
landscape in our city."karah
rucker:WITH THESE RECENT STORE
CLOSURES YOU'VE BEEN SEEING,
THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THEY'RE
JUST FOLLOWING SUIT."toys r us
is a beautiful example I
think, of a corporation who
has failed to recognize
shoppers are looking for a
different experience."AND THE
SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, IS WHAT
TYLER IS HOPING TO HOLD ONTO.
JUST WANT TO BUY THINGS,
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE
BIGGEST MALL THEY CAN IMAGINE,
RIGHT IN THEIR HANDS."just
acquiring commodities, I can
do that any time, any place."
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING
TO BE LIKE 10 YEARS FROM NOW,
BUT THIS, DR. SWIMBERGHE IS
SURE OF."the format and the
layout of a traditional brick
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HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THESE
STORE CLOSURES, IT'S ALSO
RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR
ECONOMY AND ITS PERFORMANCE.
BUT THE PROFESSOR SAID JUST
BECAUSE STORES ARE CLOSING,
