You got lucky. Somehow you managed to avoid any one of those retailers being hacked and ending up in an email dump. Somehow you also avoided any website that do

You got lucky. Somehow you managed to avoid any one of those retailers being hacked and ending up in an email dump. Somehow you also avoided any website that does marketing or promotional emails (idk how?) Many companies put it in their ToS that they will send promotional emails by using their service. I'd wager next to no one wants a marketing email but businesses still delude themselves into thinking their customers won't hate them for it.