I'm not a big fan of online shopping, and I rarely, if ever, go into a retail store without walking out with something that I purchased. It's not that I'm a compulsive shopper, either . . . it's simply that I don't bother going to a retail store unless I have something I need to buy.
My prediction is that some of these traditional retailers are going to get a chance at a "second life" when online sales are subject to taxation. It's only a matter of time before this happens, in my opinion.
“My prediction is that some of these traditional retailers are going to get a chance at a “second life” when online sales are subject to taxation.”
Bingo. There are some things online shopping just cannot do either. Used bookstores, for example. Yes, of course you can get used books, but you cannot wander into some dark, odd shop with leaning towers of fusty books and a cat sleeping in the window, while you search for some serendipitous prize.