Selling collection directly in the pacific northwest?

I received an email from Echo today. It announced the closing of the shop for a remodel/make-over, which will take a few months. During that time they will still be doing online business. The shop was sold to a new owner a year go, but the old owner has remained involved. The email also announced the old owner will now be leaving.

In 2016 I moved north from SoCal (Southern California for you in the rest of the U.S.A.), where there are probably more audiophiles (and hi-fi shops) than in the entire Northwest. As you travel north from San Francisco on Interstate 5, you pass through a lot of land covered in forests (especially in the mountains that connect the two states), with a few towns (Eugene, Salem---the capitol of Oregon) in between the state line and the northern most city of Portland. If you make that trip, try to approach Portland after dark---it's a beautiful sight!

Portland has a few high end shops, and then you have to travel all the way up to the Seattle area to find the hi-fi shops of Washington. That's no big deal to me, as I already have all the hi-fi gear I need for the remainder of my life. More important to me is the record stores in the Portland area, and in that regard I feel fortunate. SoCal is awash in those, but Portland is not bad at all. New and used, lots of record shops.