Great article. I admit to buying almost all my stuff on Amazon. Every time I go to a brick and mortar retail store, it's an unsucccessful experience. For instance, I went to the mall the other day at 10:30 because I don't like to drive after traffic gets heavy, and discovered the mall doesn't open these days until noon. I stood in a long line to by a Christmas wreath, then stood in an equally long line to return it because the lights didn't work. And I've searched stores endlessly for merchandise, only to find empty shelves, wrong sizes, etc. So it's always back to Amazon.