Brick-and-mortar stores may be fading, but their end isn’t in sight either, as e-commerce appears to be leveling off, according to Gainesville-based The Norton Agency’s 2018 economic forecast. “Demand for face-to-face, high-service … businesses will always be high, especially in North Georgia towns, townships and crossroads,” states the annual report, presented Jan. 23 to a Braselton audience by agency CEO Frank Norton Jr. “Amazon or HelloFresh can find Demorest or Talmo, but not as often as Atlanta or Cumming,” the report says. That retail tidbit was one of many findings in the agency’s 46-page report, which was available to several hundred people who gathered at The Venue at Friendship Springs in Braselton in South Hall for the event.