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Totally agree. Online shopping is only going to get worse: more expensive, less quality, harder to return. On the other hand, brick and mortar places are going

Totally agree. Online shopping is only going to get worse: more expensive, less quality, harder to return. On the other hand, brick and mortar places are going to have less variety, and lower quality. You'll spend more time driving all over town to return things or driving all over town to find simple things in stores. Fifteen years ago Target had some pretty solid clothing options, but now it's basically only good for t-shirts and underwear. I just want to go to a store that has what I need, at the right level of quality, with enough clerks working at any given time. I'll pay extra for that.

trog 3y ago
> Totally agree. Online shopping is only going to get worse: more expensive, less quality, harder to return. On the other hand, brick and mortar places are going to have less variety, and lower quality What I am hoping might change things is a near-total collapse in the value of commercial & retail real estate. This is clearly already happening and doesn't show any signs of slowing - who is going to take a long term, expensive lease on retail real estate now?! But once prices have collapsed & property owners are forced to adjust to the new reality, I'm hopeful it might lead to a bunch of new competitors able to roll the dice by focusing on smaller scale speciality stuff, which will eventually grow. Kinda like capitalism has promised forever, except maybe this time it might actually happen?!