One hundred years ago about 70 percent of our population worked on farms to produce enough food for the country. Today, that percentage is less than two percent. Thanks to the coming automation revolution being driven by increasingly capable machines and artificial intelligence (AI), by 2060, we could find ourselves entering a world where 70 percent of today’s jobs are handled by two percent of the population.

Between waves of crushing climate-induced recessions and a DIY culture entering the mainstream, the retail industry will fight and claw just to stay relevant between the decades of 2030 to 2060. As for shopping, the trends of the 2020s will intensify, with more and more of it entering the home.