I don't know of any apps, but I just did this in literally 3 minutes in a Word document. I grabbed an image of the Target logo, pasted it in my document, right-clicked and selected "link", then pasted the site address.

If it's that easy for me to do, it seems likely that someone has an app.

That's a great idea.

On my iPad and android phone, I can save websites within a box. I haven't done it with stores. But I have 3 different libraries in a box labeled Library, and several bookmarks for various departments of DS' college in a box labeled with the school name, City departments in another box. So the boxes all appear on my screen, and I can see the contents as their own little icons. I think I'll do that for shopping!

I really don't like the e-mails. My box would get filled up with junk mail ads in no time. It already is from the very few I allow in. No, I want to peruse my selections on my own time when I want access, and not at other times to bug me. That's the rub. I suppose there is no incentive to create such an app if it doesn't/can't get its tentacles into your shopping history or preferences.

Ipink I use Chrome as my browser and I have a folder on my favorites bar called Shopping Sites. I put the stores that I like to check in that folder. This is helpful for me because I am trying to switch to plastic free packaging for cleaning products and I cant always remember where I found something i like.

Bookmarks. Any storefront site, page, or item discrete to the browser address bar can be bookmarked. Can drag bookmarks off the browser to the (computer) desktop and/or to folders named and arranged as desired. I don't browse via phones and such so can't say what's possible on them. (Why would I want to play on a tiny phone screen instead of a nice, large computer monitor, LOL.)

I just thought it would be kind of cool if it looked like a little zoom screen. Darn I wish I was a computer application designer, this could be my Zuckerberg moment!

You can group all of your stores App icons together on your desktop or screen.

Or maybe something like this? (It’s an app called something India, I did not go to the site. Just googled “shopping sites in one window”.

You can also create a private (if you want it private) folder on Pinterest to save anything that has an icon to click on - you'll get the pinterest option - (and maybe other things without a picture/icon, I'm not sure).

And to encourage you further, maybe find an independent bookstore to order from - Barnes and Noble put a lot of small bookstores out of business, even before Amazon came on the scene. Most bookstores will do mail order and send stuff media mail rate, so it's very affordable. Powell's in Portland is independent and probably has any book you want in stock. But they have plenty of business. Look for one closer to you to support your local businesses (I know you said not in your town, but maybe the next larger town has a bookstore).

I'm not even supposed to be buying books . . . i have SO MANY. Borders books actually started as a local bookstore in my home state, in Ann Arbor. All closed. Hubs and I met at a Borders in PA, sadly gone now. There is a tiny handful of independent bookstores in my state, but even in the larger cities, about the only brick and mortar stores that are still open are Barnse and Noble. I used to go to all the independents when they existed. Heck, six years ago there was even one in my small home town. All closed. Only one I still know of and LOVE, love, love, is Schuler Bookstore in Grand Rapids. There is a used bookstore in the next small town over, and a couple more around.https://www.schulerbooks.com/ 

Two years ago I actually read an article about the return of the independent bookstore. Um . . .

I want something like maddile posted except categories and maybe cute ads or videos playing in the squares from time to time. But ones I chose, not ones my phone throws at me. That's why such things don't exist, they don't want you to be in charge of the choices and filters. Search engines are majorly corrupted now too.

One can *never* have too many books ...

I make a folder in my browser favorites called stores and save all my shopping sites like target and such in that folder and it all syncs with my phone and tablet to have them handy on all devices. There is a browser extension called gumdrop that will help with deals and coupons when you are on sites. Never used it so have no clue. I would imagine there are apps also but don't use any. Most times I can just Google and find coupon codes for the stores. I mostly order from Amazon these days. Best Buy for electronics and clothes from Boscoff's since they are a state away and I can't get there now. Mary

I used to use https://start.me/ as my home page and have different groups of links on it so it's easy to navigate to where I want to go (I found it better than bookmarks for stuff like shopping sites). You should be able to use that to create your online mall with your own favorite sites.

I have now switched to using Wavebox as my browser and it is awesome because you can create groups with apps and make any website an app and give it a custom icon. So you could basically create different apps for your different stores and have them all in one place. It's hard to explain without trying it. It costs money though (like $8 a month) and you can do a one-week trial. It is so worth it for me b/c it makes using the computer so much more pleasant (and I live on my computer for work).

I could use Pinterest I guess. I never got into that . . . I guess there is something called "Pocket."

I wish I had the programming gene RA, I would probably be able to work six months out of the year and pursue the actual profession I am in as a hobby . . . but I am not so inclined. Wish I could get a job working with a programmer, to be the one to test and communicate with the dummies. I did a project like that once. Programming a good user interface is amazingly complicated. I just don't have the knack for the programming end it. Plus my patience for sitting at a desk in front of a computer screen is limited.

I think the wave of the future is finding more ways to take the shopping experience online. King Arthur Flour is doing an amazing job of it. I think if malls and downtowns are going to survive they need to find more ways to interface online, TOGETHER. Rugged individualism has decimated the downtown of my hometown. It used to be much more collaborative because the business owners lived in the towns, had kids in schools, were in the same community groups and churches, etc. The networks were considerable. There's hardly a storefront even open right now, and very little coordinated planning of development. Buildings are falling to ruin, they can't even find renters and no one wants to pay the high rents anyway, for such antiquated facilities. But even the newer strip malls have been hollowed out.