"Would've, could've, should've!" ... said anyone who has dipped their tippy toes into investing/trading.
You make some great points at the end @the-alien regarding the demise and disappearance of many brick-and-mortars.
However, there's a strong growing trend of successful online retailers now moving into the traditional retail space. Exciting times!
Yeah exciting indeed!
All we need to do is to be on the right side of time :)