Facebook's Future in Retail Looks Dismal

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which industrials editor and analyst Isaac Pino and industrials editor and analyst Brendan Byrnes discuss topics across the investing world.

In today's edition, Isaac discusses the problem with the retail store model on Facebook -- major retailers are uninterested! Several large retailers closed their Facebook shops recently as they failed to drive traffic as expected. Isaac's concerned about Facebook's ability to monetize its 800 million users effectively, and thinks investors can find better growth stocks in the dot-com arena.

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