I'm not so sure it is such a waste. From the perspective of the store, they save on retail space and personel. From and environmental perspective, the home deliveries are usually much more efficient, since they deliver to multiple nearby addresses in a single run, than single people driving their cars to the malls.
I don't know exactly how it would balance in the end. It probably depends both on the type of goods and a lot on local circumstances. But don't take for granted that this is worse than it was before.
