Exactly, government policies of excessive taxation and burdens such as required worker healthcare, workers comp, etc all lead to companies moving away from brick and mortar and full time employees to ecommerce. Once again, the greedy government forces people to "change", that's the kind of change Obama meant. One must change to avoid harassing government policies.
It’s not only federal regulations and taxes. Many cities and states are very unfriendly towards business and the big movement now is the mandatory minimum wage hikes, mandatory sick leave, etc etc. Taxation by local governments is more out of control than federal tax hikes in lots of places. Examined over a 20 year period local taxes such as property and sales tax has far exceeded the rise in federal taxes.
It’s fair to suggest that government at all levels in most of America has become hostile towards business. The big corporations that own the politicians continue to do well and pay little in taxes squeezing the little guys out of the field.
The playing field is not level and has not been for some time with small business at the biggest disadvantage, but many large municipalities are squeezing businesses out of the city limits and some are just choosing to close their doors rather than move.