It seems like a bit of a contrived example. If I wanted to outfit a house, I could easily go down to the local appliance store (a small one, maybe a couple tho

It seems like a bit of a contrived example. If I wanted to outfit a house, I could easily go down to the local appliance store (a small one, maybe a couple thousand square feet of retail space), and have something delivered in a couple hours. There are a number of random furniture stores in town that carry a variety of items nothing like the big box stores. And if I did want to go to a big box store, like Home Depot, I could just rent their truck for the afternoon. If I needed to hire some help, that's pretty trivial too.