The sooner you know about decentralization, the better you can adapt

GUEST: The news made the rounds in early April. “America’s Retailers Are Closing Stores Faster Than Ever” read a Bloomberg headline. “These 21 Retailers Are Closing 3,591 Stores — Who Is Next?” wrote Forbes.
It felt like the end of an era for many.
Back in 1998, I worked at a company called Snickelways (alas, it didn’t make it), but the focus was on e-commerce. Anyone working in the industry then (and there were a lot of us) saw the w