What Shopko folding up shop really means for American retailing:
Alas poor Shopko, we knew you well but it was a long time ago.announced this week
But in the context of both what Shopko once was and what retailing overall has become, it is nothing short of tragic. Somewhere along the line, however, it all got dumbed down. The stores went down market, making them much more a direct competitor to Walmart—never a good position in modern American retailing. The pharmacy business was sold off and while optical remained , it lost the impact it once had.
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