The analysts believe that brick-and-mortar stores will no longer be an option in the future of retail. Instead, they’ll be used as branding channels. “You still have those who grew up in the 1990s and late 1980s managing large corporations that have physical assets stuck to the notion of the physical www.automotiveworks.co.uk automotiveworks automotive works Website automotive works co uk store as an investment in profit, but this isn’t going to be true,” says Lee Peterson who is executive vice president at WD Partners, a retail consultancy. The way of thinking has to change. physical stores are all about brand and online is all about purchasing. What is going to make me really want to go to an outlet shop?”