More on Smaller Retail Stores

To add to my comments from the following post,

Smaller Retail Stores,

I think there is ample justification to do academic research relating to how the 2008 financial crisis has changed American retail supply changes. An understanding of structural changes to the retail supply chain is absolutely necessary to project the growth of American retail sales.

I am sure foreign consumer goods manufacturers are taking a close look at the effect supply changes will have on their business. The effect could be extensive and long-term.