Well, yeah. All those businesses have an online presence. Mom and pop stores usually don’t.
If I want to buy a pair of sweatpants during the Summer I can’t find one at any brick and mortar store. Ever. I can online. It’s about convenience and availability.
-SB
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Well of course, but then the MOM and POP were never ordered to stay closed before either—and THAT is what is unfair. Our Governor didn’t really issue a tight lockdown-like the DemboCrats in St. Louis kept demanding.
However, when he lifted the orders he did have, he made it a point to encourage people to go buy locally. Unfortunately for us, we no longer have a lot of MOM and POP stores-Just Walmart, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Country Mart and Save a Lot and then the fast food franchises.
Here in my part of Bizarro world in central MA there are mom and pop’s that survived. Most did. What I’m seeing here is restaurants that closed, cosmetology businesses closed, etc. I do as much local shopping as I can. Even if I have to pay more.
Big box stores? Many will close. JC Penny is basically done. Anything left of Sears is done. There will be others. Companies like Boscov’s will likely be okay in most places. High end is likely done too. This is going to expedite the death of The Mall, who were dying before this bioweapon hit.
-SB
-SB