Why Big Box Stores Are Doomed, And What Might Replace Them

*Advisor leans close to George W. Bush* "Sir, a second Lidl has hit the Walmart."

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[benoitterneyre]

You now see a rare and endangered species in its natural habitat:
An Adam Something video that does not mention trains

[SheeplessNW]

Amazon said they'd use AI in their automated stores. They didn't tell you that this stands for "Actually Indians".

[GaryGoals]

What if somebody built a hypermarket on a flying pod, which can fly house to house in 25 seconds, but it also can be a boat and a submarine, and also carry 3 passengers up to 2 miles away through tunnels it digs itself. Also it goes to Space and can land on Saturn.

[Kimosabeshot]

Brick and Mortar establishments are temporary, but the Spirit of Halloween is eternal.

[rjwohlman]

Dear Sir, I am an American.... We do NOT choose our elected leaders wisely.

[te-wei]

Here in Taiwan we have a perfect example. There's a semi-hypermall brand called RT-Mart, and the competitor PX-Mart took a strategy that "for every RT-Mart, we open 3~4 smaller local PX-Mart shops around it with proper distance", people can go to smaller PX-Mart within like 3~5 minutes, more easily to buy necessary things quickly, less walking range even in the shop. Eventually the company of the "smaller" PX-Mart tookover the "larger" RT-Mart.

[Marlun]

Adam: "It depends on the policies, so people will have to elect their leaders wisely."
Me, an American: "Uh oh".

[lukemendel]

The Mall of America in the Twin Cities is, as far as I can tell, the only Mall that isn't death-spiraling. Mainly because it is a tourist attraction with a theme park in the middle, and it has a station on the bottom floor for the local light rail system.

[Skullfiend]

Took 30 years for my town to get a Mall. And aside from the Cinema, and the Gym there... It's basically empty. Lots of stores that were never opened. Trapped behind white-painted Wood pannels.

[suvajeetdatta]

My friend worked at one of those Amazon offices where he had to catalogue the items 'bought'. He has a computer science graduate who was hired for the job of 'automation engineering and ai training'. Turned out all he had to do was look at people shopping all day and type down what they took

[Bingchilling]

Good morning. I hate car-centric infrastructure

[Leonardo-G]

"Speaking of rent, allow me to pay mine. This video is sponsored by DeleteMe" goes hard

[thespanishinquisition]

"The hypermarket is doomed"
*EVERYBODY LIKED THAT*
Sometimes the future's HYPE AF

[Marco_Onyxheart]

As a Dutchman, I do sometimes appreciate a big store if not a hypermarket. But mostly when I bike to Germany to see what weird shit they have that we don't.

[Pety]

Lidl: You go for the parkside tools and accessories, you didn't even know you needed, but for that price, its gonna be useful one day! 😅😂

[ravenwarjoy]

Imagine if, on the footprint of a hypermarket, you had built a residential area with ground floors of all the buildings being dedicated commercial spaces. Instead of having one everything store, each store would be a dedicated store, like a grocery or a print shop or a toy store, and because you no longer need a gargantuan parking, because people live in walking distance of these now, you could probably fit in even more business in there than there was in the hypermarket.

[SIMULATAN]

The main problem with hypermarkets is that they don't have accompanying train stations.

[martytu]

The malls and hypermarkets that still survive and thrive are also transit hubs and pedestrian focused. It becomes a community hub for high schoolers and college students to hang around.

[cube_]

Ah Yes, the local lidl with the middle aisle where you get Computers, Chainsaws? Inflatable Pool Toys, bootleg lego and a canoe. A truly remarkable Place

[GabrielPettier]

Yeah, in the Netherlands, as most people, i can walk 3 minutes in one direction to an Albert Heijn, or 3 minutes in another one for a Jumbo, both having all the groceries i could need, and walk back with what i need for the week in a bag, i can take public transportation to Ikea, in like 30mn, look at things, and then order them online for delivery, i can take my bike or transports (or even walk if i don't mind the round trip taking 1h) to get into a shopping center (which looks more like a block with more stores than usual, than a shopping mall), and get all the extra stuff i could need (and same, i can find another one pretty much the same distance in a different direction).

Car free life is easy with the proper infrastructure!