Right or wrong, my wife does most of our shopping online now. Yesterday, we felt like going to the mall and we had to measure baby's feet for shoes. I was shocked when we got there. It took us 20 minutes to find a parking space and I had to stalk someone leaving the mall and follow them to their car. This was in SE Michigan and a large mall with 4 anchor stores. I know a lot of the retail woes are regional/local but I couldn't really believe it. But your point is valid Ray, a lot of jobs are being lost (hopefully transformed ) as a result of Amazon's model.