Analyse stakeholder conflict, change, ethics, and sustainability

Dunedin outdoor-gear retailer Alpine Loop faces stakeholder conflict over whether to close the physical store and focus online. The case mentions store staff, loyal local customers, and online shoppers and lower rent and emissions from commuting but reduced community service. Choose the route that handles change, ethics, and sustainability. Select the stakeholder focus, change driver, strategy choice, and business limit. Then justify the decision in your own words using the business stimulus, tool, stakeholder impact, and evaluation criterion. AI will analyse your reasoning, case evidence, business toolkit use, recommendation quality, and expression.