2018 was a confounding year. The industry saw moments of great innovation, like Amazon Go, contrasted with the goodbyes and struggles of some of America’s most beloved retailers, like Toys “R” Us, Sears, and J. Crew, all shrouded in strong top-level industry sales performance that only added to what was already a quite dense fog of war.
Source: Is Walmart Losing Touch with America? – The Robin Report