Many stores have closed, and it wouldn't be a stretch to connect a bad shopping experience to lower sales, to then having to close the store, which could easily

Many stores have closed, and it wouldn't be a stretch to connect a bad shopping experience to lower sales, to then having to close the store, which could easily be millions of dollars that year. We can argue whether that was the only factor for these closed stores, but it's certainly a factor. It can still be an exaggerated number, but not only does the article offer no details as to how exactly this number was determined (which would have been interesting), it also fails to mention the potential intentions of why stores would report that... maybe it's the only way to get some attention to UNDO some of the legislation that has caused it.