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vegasinc.com | April 23 - April 29, 2017
Don’t write off retail Bricks-and-mortar businesses have plenty of tools to push back against digital disruption By Howard Riell | Special to Vegas Inc
Retail is changing before the world’s eyes, with online sellers presenting serious challenges to businesses with physical storefronts. ¶ Some household names have taken big hits in recent times. Sports Authority liquidated and Payless filed for bankruptcy. Sears has shuttered more than 2,000 stores since 2010 and is about to cut more, and J.C. Penney Co. sh opping, Continued on page 15
$11,000
Amount Delta recently paid a family for giving up their seats on multiple overbooked flights over three days. “This could be a new career,” joked Laura Begley Bloom, whose family profited by missing a trip to Florida from New York.
$12
Approximate cost of a bag of Japanese company Calbee’s potato chips, a 600 percent increase. Because of typhoons, Japan’s potato crop could be in crisis.