Covid led to more online shopping.
Looting and theft is leading to more online shopping.
Following the money, who gains by more online shopping and less competition from local stores?
Look at the end of the article with some security footage of a shoplifter, looks suspiciously like Bezos ...
In the suburbs of Boston where I shop, stores are operating normally, with almost all goods on the shelves. Reducing the level of shoplifting to a tolerable level is a matter of political will.
I shop online because grocery stores allow dogs inside! Everything at ground level is contaminated with saliva, dog hair, urine, excrements and general dirt from streets!
do you assume that goods purchased online are carefully stored in pristine, sterile environments, of course until the one you ordered is individually accompanied to your doorstep?