John Simonson, president of Webstream Dynamics, discusses the announced closings of retail stores throughout the country as a result of Amazon on their online sales and its potential effect on floor covering retailers. He notes statistics from the recession revealing a decrease in the number of retail stores, but an increase in retail sales and discusses the factors that may have caused the increase. Noting the ease with which consumers can buy online, he talks about the factors retailers need to adopt to draw them into their brick-and-mortar stores.