If we consider that in the U.S., many large tracts of mall real-estate, formerly occupied by retail shops and large department stores (e.g., Sears) are now empty, due to such factors as Amazon / online shopping and CoronaVirus / Covid-19 -- then maybe one future potential use of this now derelict real-estate -- is that of large-scale "Recyling Department Stores", much like the one mentioned in this article...
We have had state-owned second-hand stores all my life here (Scandinavia). I don't see any difference to the one in the article. The city even picks up items at you home or you could deliver them at recycling and garbage disposal areas. Broken things are often fixed and then sold too.
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If we consider that in the U.S., many large tracts of mall real-estate, formerly occupied by retail shops and large department stores (e.g., Sears) are now empty, due to such factors as Amazon / online shopping and CoronaVirus / Covid-19 -- then maybe one future potential use of this now derelict real-estate -- is that of large-scale "Recyling Department Stores", much like the one mentioned in this article...
We have had state-owned second-hand stores all my life here (Scandinavia). I don't see any difference to the one in the article. The city even picks up items at you home or you could deliver them at recycling and garbage disposal areas. Broken things are often fixed and then sold too.