Things have been moving in that direction since at least 2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse

Things have been moving in that direction since at least 2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse I would argue earlier as malls stopped being built by 2007.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_mall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_mall