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Eh no. There are many goods everyone prefers not to shop online, but in-person. The fall of the high street doesn't have one singular reason. Everything from the rise in driving removing foot traffic, to high rents, to 15 years of austerity.
I'm struggling to think of many example - hence my local high street beeing mainly cafes, nail-bars, barbers and cornershops selling every day essentials
Clothing is a common one, people like to see, feel and try on clothes in person. Ordering online then having to handle loads of returns can be a faff for some.
Unless you work at my mom's workplace. Then it's basically buy all clothes online. I still don't understand how they do that.
Stores are places with people and thus they are scary.
most things. Let me put it this way, if you were literally in-front of a shop. would you prefer to go-inside and look at the and make a decision there? or would you go "no I'll open up amazon on my phone instead"
granted, there's a lot of stuff most people don't care about being in-person for. but a lot of thins you buy online, you would rather purchase in store - if you were just already there instead of on your sofa.
this is why there is no one-reason, and it's more complex than the two second thought answer.
To be honest if I'm in-store, I'll quite often open a browser so I can look at reviews, so yes I'll tend to end up open up Amazon, bith for reviews and a price check.
Yes, it's "more complex than the two second thought answer" - but I'll contend that this still the largest factor in the changing make-up of the high street.