It's vital to learn the fundamentals forever however there not a desire to be a crack merchandiser.

But remember when everyone thought eBay was going to radically change the way we procure merchandise and we wouldn't need centralized distributors like Amazon?

Whether it's the stores selling the merchandise, the F&B businesses or other the new jobs it would create I think it would no doubt increase the real estate values in the surrounding area. 

The problem with the current war is that it's being advertised, merchandised, and politicized.

It IS possible to make money in war zones, but it is also possible to get "shot up" with your own merchandise.

(they know how to merchandise and story tell to consumers in awesome ways).     ...so brick and mortar ain’t dead, just evolving.  

Mostly collecting debts for merchandise sold to stores on credit.

Let's talk about it from the retail merchandise side.

I've registered for conferences, bought merchandise, and even had a salaried position where that was the ONLY way of paying/being paid.  

Well my plans are to start a holding company (The Murray Group) with all of the varying business ventures that I plan to go into including:MediaEntertainmentPublishingReal EstateFashionSports MarketingI am currently working on a degree from Parsons in fashion merchandising.