These stores you mention are national chains.  Alaska always seems to be behind the Lower 48 economically.  They're doing better than we are.  They balanced their budgets.  We haven't.  They won't let us use our resources.  We have little to work with unless we can find ways to make money.  Even then, it'll take time to recover from this mess.

And that really sucks for the local businesses, too, because while the national chains can afford to do well, the locals are being hit doubly hard.