SPRINGFIELD — Faced with online competition and suppliers less willing to deal with a smaller retailer, Derryl Gibbs will close his Bumpy’s Natural and Organic Foods at the end of July.
“Amazon killed us,” Gibbs said by phone Tuesday. “The average shopper today, the common shopper, is an online shopper. … I need people to push carts.”
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