Little Five Points in Atlanta is home to a number of retail stores.

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Little Five Points in Atlanta is home to a number of retail stores. / flickr

Retail stores are disappearing, but the economy is not the bad guy. Rising pressure from online shopping is causing brick and mortar stores to file for bankruptcy at a record pace in 2017. We talked about how this retail downturn is affecting Georgia with Atlanta Business Chronicle reporter Amy Wenk and Georgia Southern University professor John Brown.