http://finance.yahoo.com/news/eight-...173320796.html
For many retailers, the sales situation is so bad that it is not a question of whether they will cut stores, but when and how many.
Several of America’s largest retailers have been battered for years. Most have been undermined by a combination of e-commerce competition, often from Amazon.com Inc. and more successful retailers in the same areas. Borders and Circuit City are two of the best examples of retailers that were destroyed by larger bricks-and-mortar competition and consumers transitioning to online shopping. These large, badly damaged retailers could not possibly keep their stores open.