re: What will the retail landscape look like once millennials are the primary consumer base?

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I just started prime pantry. Gotta say it's pretty awesome if you don't need the stuff ASAP.

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I've found that it's not great, though, if you have a small household. What I found happening is that I'd run out of toilet paper before my Prime Pantry box filled up and shipped, so I'd end up having to use a paper towel. Not only is that rough on the old starfish, you can't flush it, so you've gotta deal with that shite, then you end up at the store anyway to buy your Charmin Ultra.

I can see where it would work well if you have a large enough household to fill the boxes up quickly enough to have regular shipments.

I used to use the dash button for household items and just smash a button when I got low, but I have Echos now. It's WAY easier to just say "Alexa, order some paper towels" and it just goes and finds what you ordered last and asks you to confirm you want to reorder it.

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We've got malls closing nationwide, and recently Sam's Club announcing the closure of 63 stores. Costco is also feeling the pinch and they directly blame it on millennials.

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Have you been to any places like this in LA? It's a fricking nightmere with the fricking inbred dumbasses that shop and work at these fricking places.

That's why I don't go.

It’s all about creating an environment people want to be in outside of getting the actual product. Big warehouses and factories repurposed into art studios, independent bookstores, coffee shops, cool boutiques, food stalls, all under one roof. A place people can go spend 4-5 hours on a Saturday/Sunday as a fun activity. Main streets and boulevards with great architecture that are closed to cars and people want to walk down.

That’s where successful retail is going. Not going to big box megastore bc you “need” stuff

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We seem to prefer a "town square" type commercial environment like boomers parents had

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I agree with this 100%

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Starbucks

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To the people using this as a joke....isn't Starbucks a product of Gen X? I've found younger people prefer locally owned coffee shops. Everytime I go in a Starbucks it's full of old people.

Which brings me to another point. I think millennials prefer locally owned establishments in general. Baby boomers and Gen X'ers tend to gravitate towards national chains.

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Walmart will never go away.

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Unfortunately.

Everything will have soy in it