I worked at a local quilt store that had to shut down. Often we would have people that would pop in and want help on a pattern they found free online. Or they would tell us about the great deal on fabric online. Those sort of things don't keep your LQS open. When the owner finally decided to close; we had people come in and tell us how sad they were but they hadn't been in the store for a year. It was disheartening. You don't have to spend hundreds at a time at your LQS but do pop in and buy a pattern or fat quarter once in awhile.