Say what you will about Amazon: My local mall looks like a 3rd world hell whole with little English spoken. It’s already 1/2 closed and I suspect will be closed and torn down within the next two years. The next mall is far away. The parking lot is a war zone of aggressive drivers cutting each other off.
Amazon shopping is ridiculously easy, they’ll deliver the gift right to the recipient, wrap it and you can even have a message sent as well. I’ve even sent flowers via Amazon. Their exchange or refund policy is easy as well. My local Whole Food has an Amazon outlet inside - I had to return something and I’d lost the packaging information - no problem, had my refund within minutes, no questions asked.
They’ve made it extremely easy and convenient for people to exchange gifts.
How does one verify the product you order has the quality you thought it has? How do you know the product was mishandled from the manufacturer to the warehouse to the delivery person to the recipient? These guys are making tons of money selling convenience only. The products are Superfluous to their business model.
a lot of these changes in shopping habits are mostly because we are having fewer children...fewer children means fewer grandchildren....
children are the engine in an economy and because our young people refuse to breed, too icky I guess, there is no impetus to buy...clothes, toys, bikes, sleds, etc...