Mattress startup CEO explains why the company is opening 200 new stores as its competitors close them

Casper, the online mattress startup, announced this week that it is opening 200 stores in the United States. Meanwhile, Mattress Firm is considering filing forbankruptcy as it seeks a way to close some of its 3,000 locations that are losing money. Casper CEO Philip Krim said that store closures and bankruptcies do not signal the death of retail but rather the death of "poor retail," as stores that fail to provide an exciting shopping experience will suffer in the future. A commercialreal estate ...