{"id":592321,"date":"2026-04-28T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592321"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:55:00","slug":"40000-u-s-retail-stores-could-close-by-2030-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592321","title":{"rendered":"40,000 U.S. Retail Stores Could Close By 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

40,000 U.S. Retail Stores Could Close By 2030<\/span><\/p>\n

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UBS consumer analyst Michael Lasser told clients that a further rise in e-commerce penetration, from about 22% today to as high as 27%, could force the closure of 40,000 U.S. retail stores by 2030<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The warning comes as more than 10,000 stores have closed since late 2023<\/strong>, and shows how the shift to e-commerce is pressuring brick-and-mortar retail footprints nationwide.<\/p>\n

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Lasser’s forecast is that e-commerce penetration rates in the U.S. will top 27% by the end of the decade, up from the current 22%.<\/p>\n

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Many of the projected closures will be across clothing, consumer electronics, home furnishings, office supplies, and sporting goods<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The advent of the internet and e-commerce has certainly put pressure on retail stores over the last two decades.<\/p>\n

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Also, the analysts point out the population winter that Elon Musk has warned about. The lack of a robust new consumer segment will put pressure on the consumer economy in the decades ahead.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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However, stores will continue to play a central role in retail ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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Big-box retailers have accounted for much of the growth in retail footprint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The forecasted loss of\u00a040,000 retail stores by the end of the decade would have a meaningful impact on the labor market and commercial real estate. Also, this is yet more evidence that the death of mom-and-pop retailing will accelerate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professional subscribers<\/em><\/a> can read the <\/em>full <\/em>U.S. Retail<\/em><\/strong> note<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at our new <\/em>Marketdesk.ai<\/em><\/a> portal.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 04\/28\/2026 – 06:55<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

40,000 U.S. Retail Stores Could Close By 2030 UBS consumer analyst Michael Lasser told clients that a further rise in e-commerce penetration, from about 22% today to as high as 27%, could force the closure of 40,000 U.S. retail stores by 2030. The warning comes as more than 10,000 stores have closed since late 2023,… Continue reading 40,000 U.S. Retail Stores Could Close By 2030<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=592321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/592316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=592321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=592321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=592321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}