Retail has 2 problems: first is government seeing it as a cash cow, and the second is the sector in general is unwiiling/unable to find ways to compete.
The other issue is they don’t carry clothing for over 20 either. I’m 67 do you think I’d wear that street walker ethnic crap, with rips, tears, ugly crap they have on their shelves? I wear nice Jeans and T’s mostly. My church dresses haven’t been updated in a decade, and those came out of the Salvation Army with the price tags still on them. Same place I got my jeans.
My taste run very conservative.
Nor do any shoe stores carry my 5 size in shoes that are affordable. We have 1 store that does, $200 for a pair of stiff, hard flats? I don’t think so. I want comfort in shoes.