[Lorianne]

Store owners will shut down and move.
Then they can have the empty stores and live in a area with fewer and fewer stores.

Problem solved.

[silverleaf]

Shut down the gas pumps, do not refill the tanks, cancel the ho-ho deliveries, do not pay the power bill (there goes the slurpy machine!)

Sorry to see a businessman take such a hit but he overstayed his time trying to run a business in a combat zone

[Bob]

Store owners will shut down and move.
Then they can have the empty stores and live in a area with fewer and fewer stores.

Problem solved.

Actually, problem created. Now the place becomes a self-created food desert and federal programs are required to "fix" that problem.