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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
BBBY could potentially close up a number of stores in low income, low performing, low population areas.  There might be a loss from the lack of in store sales recorded, but it could be offset by online sales.

Hop on Google Maps and check out how many BBBY stores are in Wyoming and Montana.  Then scroll up and look at Canada.  Does anyone think you really need 2 BBBY stores in Halifax?  Does it make sense of have a lot of stores in the fly over states of America?  Do the people there give a shit about getting BBBY products over what can be picked up at big box stores at a lower price?

So cutting that kind of overhead/redundancy could improve BBBY's outlook.  It's not the only thing that has to happen but it's a simple case to make for potential survival.  So until are the simple solutions are off the table, BBBY has a chance.
gpt
It's not as simple as just closing stores because they are out of the way.  There's the whole logistics side of equation sure you shutter a few stores here and there but now that makes it costlier to supply your other stores that are making money thus dragging them into being unprofitable.  That's a lot of the reason why these huge stores go under it's not as simple of a fix as yeah just close the underperforming stores.

And if anything theres more of an argument to be made placing stores in the middle of nowhere is a better idea long term for a brick and mortar retailer than in cities since why the fuck are you going to order online from BBBY and wait days for it when Amazon can drop it on your doorstep that day.