Can you name a classic store from your childhood or recently. that closed its doors? mine-Radio Shack. JoAnn Fabrics is

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166. It appears that brick-and-mortar stores are not surviving because the online stores are co-opting all of their products.

That is the way I see it in my world.

Quick story: When I first moved to where we have lived for the last 40 years, one of the hardest things to get used to was, "We don't stock that, but we can get it for you with our next order." At the time, I was often looking for repair parts for our home appliances and fixtures in the home we bought and still live in.

Now, we still live in a somewhat remote area. The nearest large town is 140 miles round trip. Our saving grace, especially through the Covid pandemic, was Amazon.

Being in our mid-seventies, we avoided large crowds because masking was and is a good way to lower the spread of an airborne disease.
Many of our fellow citizens wouldn't wear a mask. We stayed away.

Recently, one of our 25-year-old appliances needed a sensor. Guess who had one? Two days later, the appliance is headed for many more years of use. Yup, Amazon! The good, the bad, and the ugly.

We still have an independently owned Radio Shack and a nationwide hardware dealer. I try them first. If they don't have what I need, the next stop is Amazon. Yes still the good, the bad, and the ugly.