Without Googling, name an industry that grew by at least 6% in the past year.

You might guess one of the following: online commerce, facemask and sanitizer production or even food delivery. With all of the talk about brick-and-mortar retail’s demise, you might be surprised to learn that retail sales are expected to exceed $4.44 trillion in 2021.

Wait, wasn’t traditional retail was done for? What explains the significant growth in brick-and-mortar sales not only to start 2021 but throughout 2020?...