I think you’re right, I wonder if this is just the beginning of the economy really slowing down, consumer debt is off the charts, sooner or later that debt will eat into disposable income and the economy as a whole will crater.
Stores can’t afford the luxury of white guilt - of keeping stores open in high crime, high theft areas. So, they’ll close them. WOKE quilt is a thing of the past. Trump will bring crime down in these neighborhoods - and then the stores will come back.