It's the future.
Indeed it is. Brick and mortar stores are rapidly becoming extinct. Much of the problem can be laid at the feet of the retailers themselves. Bad business decisions such as Pennys catering to the pervert crowd, unsafe malls where many of them are located, not getting with changes in taste and style and overall poor customer service are killing these stores. People just want to be able to sit in their jammies and do their shopping online. A lot less hassle.
I'm OK with online shopping except for big ticket items such as major appliances. I want to look over the product before I buy. If retailers like Pennys could have showrooms where I could view "samples" of these items before ordering online, I would be OK with that.
But for everything else, why would I want to fight crowds, be mistreated by employees and maybe run the risk of being robbed or shot when I could just let my typing fingers do the walking in the comfort of my own home?