The fact is that Staples and Office Depot and Best Buy, etc. no longer offer many common in-store items that are commodities, forcing purchasers to go to Amazon or eBay to get them. Is this because of eliminating costly local floor space for consumer inspection and selection? Is merging just to be larger going to keep a local storefront?
I have found this for many items I used to buy at a local store. I use an Oil of Olay face cream for sensitive skin (no perfume). All of a sudden, a few years ago, I could no longer find it at any store. So, I just bought the regular OofO face cream. My entire face swelled up.
Now, I get the sensitive type over the internet, same with toothpaste, and, recently, shoes.
I would shop at the local stores, if they still carried stuff I had been buying there for years. But, they don't.