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How Apple and Amazon are Growing but Best Buy, J.C. Penney, and K-Mart are not

Chinese customers at the newly inaugurated Apple Store in Wangfujing shopping district on Oct. 20 in Beijing, China. Retail can be an industry in decline-but limited to traditional retailers. For firms that have become successful doing something different, opening a chain of stores brings countless clients as well as the profits which are using them. This paradox in the retail companies are evident in a few of the largest names in the mall. Traditional retailers like Biggest score, J.C. Penney, Sears, and Kmart are struggling to reverse losses, turn themselves around and present shoppers new why you should think they're relevant. The recently announced merger of Office Max and Office Depot is the latest illustration of a retail glut which has already sunk Borders, CompUSA, Circuit City, and many others. Yet Apple, a technology company and newcomer for the retail scene, operates a network of greater than 200 U.S. stores who have developed a new paradigm for brick-and-mortar suc