{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Total Retail","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com","author_name":"Andrew Stern","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com\/author\/andrewstern\/","title":"Consumers Are Choosing Between Convenience or Experience. Big-Box Retailers Offer Neither","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zxwUVPysJ5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com\/article\/consumers-are-choosing-between-convenience-or-experience-big-box-retailers-offer-neither\/\">Consumers Are Choosing Between Convenience or Experience. Big-Box Retailers Offer Neither<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com\/article\/consumers-are-choosing-between-convenience-or-experience-big-box-retailers-offer-neither\/embed\/#?secret=zxwUVPysJ5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Consumers Are Choosing Between Convenience or Experience. Big-Box Retailers Offer Neither&#8221; &#8212; Total Retail\" data-secret=\"zxwUVPysJ5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1369521969-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1708,"description":"While the headlines report Walmart and Amazon.com's earnings calls each quarter, we don\u2019t often hear how small businesses along Main Street are doing. This is despite the fact that the hundreds of thousands of independent retailers collectively account for $3.74 trillion in sales \u2014 a little over half (51.5 percent) of all retail sales."}