5 Retailers Shaping Up to Be Holiday Losers

No one who's read the business press this year is surprised by this prediction, but it bears repeating: what we're watching here is the slow-motion retail trainwreck that is the demise of once-mighty tech giant Best Buy. In this case, a combination of the "Amazoning" of the consumer retail (particularly electronic) experience, a steady decline in shopping experience and quality, and a dependence on brick-and-mortar over a cohesively evolving web strategy (as well as limited product advantage) has brought Best Buy to its retail knees.