> If online is cheaper then online can not pay higher wages when selling the same volume of goods in the long run. It is that simple. Real estate, profit, and

> If online is cheaper then online can not pay higher wages when selling the same volume of goods in the long run. It is that simple. Real estate, profit, and salaries/bonuses to executives are all diminishing the wage/quantity of workers in retail and can more easily be cut in online markets where independent merchants need low capital. So independent merchants might be making more money from their own direct labor than the corresponding retail workers.