Bites the dust

I watched as very prominent business in my area went out of business. It was so strange, when we would see one closed down my son would sing about them biting the dust. I talked to a friend of my who owns his own business, to see what was going on. He said he checked with sri consulting business intelligence and he was not sure but his business was doing fine. I wondered if it was a lack of good help or was it the economy. I guess I will never really know why they all seemed to close down.