<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Add to that TheSource. Which is just another Futureshop/BestBuy clone.<br><br>Also you have the online only guys, like NCIX.<br><br>Others specialize more, such as Staples with office and furniture, and Canada Computers with more tech stuff.<br><br>Futureshop was sold to BestBuy a long time ago (10+ years?) It did not make any sense to keep the two brands going, with stores close by. Almost everything in their inventory overlapped. I am surprised that it took them that long to realize this is not efficient.<br><br></div>I found that sometimes ordering some items online is cheaper than the same items in store (if they had that in the inventory), even when you add shipping. I am talking about the same item from the same store online vs. retail.<br></div><br></div>The trend it seems that stores will rely on online sales as their main revenue/profit source, with stores shrinking, perhaps in size and in numbers.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 9:59 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jekerr@sdf.org" target="_blank">jekerr@sdf.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi gang<br>
<br>
Tiger Direct has everything in the store up to 40% off the lowest ticketed<br>
price. Two big box stores have merged and closed stores. I think Staples<br>
has closed some stores as well.<br>
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Are the profit margins strong enough to keep so many stores open?<br>
<br>
Are we seeing a trend here?<br>
<br>
What do you think?<br>
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Cheers<br>
<br>
John<br>
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