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From the article Excellence linked to:

“Contrary to popular belief, online shopping didn’t kill malls. As of the fourth quarter of 2013 only 6% of all U.S. retail sales were done online. Sales are migrating away from brick and mortar stores but the demise of lesser malls is due to a confluence of consolidation in the retail industry as a whole, the death of the smaller specialty store “hang-outs” and the rise of retail Death Stars like the Mall of America or the Mall at Short Hills.”

6% of retail sales online is not the reason malls are closing.

Here’s an example of why I shop online. Hubby has been diagnosed with fairly late stage kidney disease and has to cut out most of the sodium and potassium, also told not to skip meals and to eat ‘quality’ protein. So we are making almost everything from scratch, including tortillas and things due to sodium. I wanted to buy divided containers that we could freeze meals ahead of time in and he could microwave at work. He takes his breakfast and lunch this way.

Visited Wal-Mart - they had 2 of what we wanted, Target had 3, the kitchen store had none. I gave up and started calling to find out - no store had more than 3. Okay so do I drive to 10 or more stores since we were looking to freeze at least a month’s worth of food? Nope, CLICK and they were at my door 2 days later via Amazon.

I tried, but I’m not wasting gas driving all around Albuquerque running in each store for 2 or 3 things. It’s becoming more and more common to find things like that and I just don’t have time for the hassle.