After the Mom and Pop shops evaporated in the radiant discharge of the Big Box stores, it seemed as if the paradigm shift in shopping habits had stabilized.
When shopping in the Big Box, one could see, feel, and touch all of their potential purchases in a climate controlled, intensity lit acre of countless hot item displays and rack after rack of merchandise.
But a new trend has emerged over the last five years in which these vast and expensive arrays of goods offer the savvy consumer little more than a test drive or a basis for comparison shopping.
When it comes time for an actually purchase the aforementioned products are purchased on the Internet and the resulting sale does not run through the Big Box cash register.
As a result we are seeing more and more of these “Big Box” stores close their doors forever. The business model is on the verge of being unsustainable.
Times change. Habits change. The ways of the past are but distant memories as merchants scramble for market share.
Where will it all end? Only time will tell.
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