By Philip Haldiman | YourWestValley
The carnage is real.
Brick and mortar merchants such as Macy’s, Radio Shack and JC Penny have shuttered dozens of locations this year, and businesses of all stripes are dying slow deaths as online sales take over the marketplace.
Or are they?
E-commerce sales in the first quarter of 2017, accounted for 8.5 percent of total sales, according to the Department of Commerce. It accounted for about 3.5 percent in 2007.