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daniel February 6, 2015March 6, 2016 AAPL, AMZN, COST, KR, ODP, Office Depot, Office Depot closes, Retail Apocalypse, SHLD, SPLS, Staples, WMT

Staples’ Purchase of Office Depot Makes No Sense

My prediction: if the merger goes through, there will be bigger losses at Staples as it tries to divest itself of all those stores. The revenue and the stock value of the new Staples will plummet because of those losses. Those losses will come as Staples faces more competition online.

The Death Spiral

daniel February 3, 2015March 16, 2016 AEO, AMZN, ANF, BKS, BODY, COST, EXPR, JCP, M, ODP, PBY, SPLS, WMT, WTSLQ, WWW

The Retail Apocalypse Gets Worse

We’ll probably see at least one major retailer, possibly Sears or Kmart, gone by the end of this year. Another strong possibility is that a major retailer like Staples or Sears will abandon brick and mortar all together.