Retailers left standing amid the carcasses of their competitors are going after orphaned customers. They're using aggressive mailers, accepting dead stores' gift cards and stocking the items that were once their rivals' best sellers.
"The retail market is just collapsing, and so the big opportunity for sales growth is trying to get customers from stores which have recently closed," said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group.
With reports coming Thursday that are expected to show year-over-year sales declines in February for the fifth straight month, retailers want any dollar they can scoop up in the hope of increasing their share of …
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