I own a very small business, and am involved in business for my day job. It's simply never a slam dunk that a business can abandon a failed business model and adopt a new one. Especially in the case of a "mom and pop" business, the owners have to be confident that they can manage the new business and succeed, otherwise they're just taking a blind risk. I've often read, "so-and-so failed because they didn't adapt." No, they failed because they failed. Trying to adapt comes with no assurance of success.