Even with the State of Alabama striking a deal with Amazon to recoup some tax money, it still won't save the brick & mortar stores. Shopping online has so many conveniences. I know there are people who still like the aesthetics of walking into a store and feeling the product they are buying, but it is becoming less and less a requirement for younger shoppers.
However, and some of you have touched on this, with big box retail seemingly declining it is offering options for locally owned, artisan, specialty stores to pop back up. It's an interesting time we find ourselves in.
I do almost all of my non grocery shopping online, except record stores. I do some record buying online too, but there is just something about the atmosphere of a cool locally owned record store.