Subject: Re: FKA: DG
yes, exactly.
retail is a brutal business, and there is a high likelihood that ANY of these companies could\would blame external factors had their relative decline been such. expect the c-suite, as a whole, to expound in a manner they hope will allow them to retain privileged positions.

of course, one could say costco would never suffer such a fall, but there is a massive price to pay for jumping into that thesis (or even holding on to it).