Based on the many tracking metrics online shoppers spend over triple the time “shopping “ than physically going to the store.
They also spend more on average than they would have in person in most cases. And get bombarded by advertising and gimmicks targeted to them based on shopping behavior.
Even better in 95% of the country “online” shopping wastes more fuel, causes more road damage and generates exponentially more junk packaging.
This was the plan all along,
now if .gov ever stops subsidizing freight …
Around here is just miles of strip malls with snowy slippery parking lots.
Outside the US malls are doing fine, Asia they are doing great (so long as we ignore China)
The US is the only one with a retail apocalypse and based on the stock market only 7 companies carry our economy, nearly all other businesses are either treading water or failing.
