Retail is dead — at least it is supposed to be. E-commerce had already beaten the sector down when the pandemic drove the final nail into its coffin. Consumers who could no longer shop at the mall accelerated the online shopping mania. Retailers would never recover from the one-two punch. But a funny thing happened on the way to retail’s funeral. Retailers found a new purpose and got a new lease on life. As it turns out, shoppers still like the in-store experience. Although there are plenty of ways to buy c ...