Starbucks never should have opened here. Granite City does not have a high enough concentration of wealth fir a shop selling $5 coffees.
Kmart never stood a chamce against Walmart and Amazon. Their time had passed.
Shop and Save couldn’t compete in a market where they were up against Wal Mart, Aldi, Ruler, Save a Lot. Their food wasn’t cheaper and it wasn’t better so what niche were they filling?
Lowes never should have opened here. We don’t have the population base to support it and there are multiple other stores within 15 miles.
None of these closings say anything about Granite City.