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| 59 | More than 2K postpaid, prepaid stores close for good – Wave7 | ----------- | |
| FierceWireless: Wireless | 2020-07-12 05:00 | ????0? | |
| The big take-away from Wave7 Research’s most recent report is all carriers are closing retail stores, and that was happening even before the COVID-19 crisis forced the temporary closure of many stores. The tendency pertains to the four national postpaid brands: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, and three prepaid brands: Boost, Cricket and Metro by T-Mobile.Wave7 still believes the retail store will be where the majority of transactions occur. “We think there are a lot of reasons people will continue to do transactions in stores,” he said. Consumers may need accessories, insurance, mobile charging solutions – “there are a lot of reasons the stores will still be out there. They’re very important.”Of course, a number of Sprint stores are closing for good as part of its merger with T-Mobile. Last November, Wave7 counted 3,835 stores connected to Sprint, and that number was in the range of 3,300 at the beginning of June. Since then, hundreds more Sprint stores have closed, and it’s probably going to be at zero when the brand gets retired August 2, according to his sources.T-Mobile closed its merger with Sprint on April 1, and it will be interesting to see if T-Mobile changes its national retail strategy. T-Mobile for years has been sold at a minority of Costco stores, but since the acquisition with Sprint, T-Mobile has been taking the place of Sprint at Costco, according to Moore. -- ???????? | |||
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