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Its getting laughable but really sickening seeing whats happening to the retail industry and the damage done.

All the name brands whole-goods made and coming in from Asia, India, etc. are now getting so flooded that its becoming close to free. Take clothing for example. The big box stores can't afford the shelf space for last years clothing or seasonal so you can now buy at special sections to stand alone outlets for pittance. Example is TJMaxx, Kohls, Meijer's or even Walmart discount racks selling casual dress shirts, pants, shorts for $1 to $5. Cheap as rags for working on and wiping oil up under the old 911- lol There's piles of lots in other items, 50 cents to only a few bucks. Items that had msrp at $10 to $30!

Other imports have saturated markets such as electronics. Decent HDTV's for $100 to $275, the larger screens 4k res. for $500. The only thing profitable are the phone packaging by contracts.

1) The separation of class of who's going to afford to buy for the US producers is going to be the challenge. Its going to narrow the customer base.

2) How much more will the US take for unfair balance in trade?

3) On the brick and mortar situation -Anytown USA. Jobs and loss of re-investment, tax, etc.

4) How convenient will online buying really sustain? Right now my wife complains about almost every time a pair of shoes or attire comes in from Amazon, they don't fit or have some defect. Whats a small amount of savings truly worth? That means PITA returns, more time consuming than actually going to a store to sample and inspect, fit and purchase.

My thinking, Amazon is going to home in on having many real storefronts plus maintain the dominance online.