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>There will be no retail industry. This is a vast overstatement. Drug stores aren't going anywhere. Grocery stores aren't going anywhere. Specialty retailers w
by aphextron 6y ago
>There will be no retail industry.
This is a vast overstatement. Drug stores aren't going anywhere. Grocery stores aren't going anywhere. Specialty retailers will always be a thing. When I want to buy a new fishing pole, I'm not reading a bunch of reviews online and going with what sounds right; I'm walking into a Bass Pro Shop and testing out a few dozen of them in my hands. Amazon has done a great job of obliviating the need for big box places like Walmart, but as long as there are humans and teleportation doesn't exist, retail will be a thing. It will simply have to adapt.
- Kiro 6y agoYou're in minority and won't be enough to sustain retail. It will be gone much sooner than you think.
- CamperBob2 6y agoThe grandparent post is probably half right. Drugstores were a terrible example, because they're in the top 10 places many/most shoppers will avoid if possible. ("Yes, I'll be happy to sign all of these forms with the same pen that was just used by someone with the herpes coronavirus flu to sign for their Phenergan prescription.") But a store like Bass Pro Shops or Cabela's is something of a destination attraction in itself. Hunters and outdoor sportspeople will always want a place where they can go and check out the bows/guns/fishing poles/whatever that they plan to order online. Oops, I think I refuted my own argument...
- CamperBob2 6y agoDrug stores aren't going anywhere. They already have. We've been getting our prescriptions delivered for months now, even before the COVID-19 outbreak.
- lm28469 6y ago> We've been getting our prescriptions delivered for months now "We" as in who ? I feel like vast majority of the world isn't included your "we"