[ealgeone]

I think what the article is trying to say is WFH has curtailed or slowed the person on the way home from work stopping by a store to buy something.

I know on the way home I would swing by a business or fastfood joint to grab some lunch....not now thanks to WFH.

One of the reasons for the push for office workers to be back in the office is this very reason.

The local chamber of commerce is getting pressure from realtors, restaurant owners, etc, to get people back.

There's also the lost tax revenue as businesses are realizing they don't need office space.

[mund1011]

I think what the article is trying to say is WFH has curtailed or slowed the person on the way home from work stopping by a store to buy something. ++++++++++++++++++ There may be some validity to the "it's on the way home from work" theory. But since the Hoodrats in Chicongo don't work at all they are not on the way home from "work". I also don't think Nordstrom is a place you shop because its on the way home from work.

I acknowledge this store closure "problem" is multi faceted, but the Walmart - inner city - closing problem is single faceted. CRIME.

[dennisw]

I think what the article is trying to say is WFH has curtailed or slowed the person on the way home from work stopping by a store to buy something. The local chamber of commerce is getting pressure from realtors, restaurant owners, etc, to get people back.

Washington, DC is a ghost town due to all the Federal workers pretending to work from home. We all know they do jackShtye from home. Maybe two hours a day. But as Washington DC restaurants (lunch hour) and businesses suffer, the local businesses are doing OK. Say some Federale lazybones is WFH in Falls Church, Virginia. He will eat at, and get takeout from the local pizza and Chinese restaurants, and patronize the local supermarkets and other local businesses