The old infrastructure is still in place and has advantages in some cases. Those countries never built the same level of retail infrastructure, so it makes sen

The old infrastructure is still in place and has advantages in some cases. Those countries never built the same level of retail infrastructure, so it makes sense they would buy more online. Similar trajectory happened here with landline usage vs cell phones, credit cards vs phone payments, cars and road infrastructure vs transit. We will see it with other disruptive technologies going forward as well. We will probably be among the last to transition the majority of our vehicles to electric because of huge existing infrastructure in gasoline distribution. If self-driving cars become reality, transitioning parking lots, parking garages, traffic lights, etc. will take some time while cities that will be built after that disruption can avoid that infrastructure cost.