Amazon settled into a building and opened doors to Commonwealth Avenue in August 2017 to provide customers with a location to pick up orders and make returns. Situated on Boston University’s West Campus, the giant online commerce company moved into a store as many big department and other brick-and-mortar stores are closing doors as they face financial instability.

There are merits to living in a more connected, digital world. With the increase in usage of electronic medical records in hospitals as well as online payment methods and servers that enable an individual...