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The bike shops around me don't own their shop. It's usually some rented space in a car oriented strip mall. No racks is the norm for these car-oriented places.
One local shop solves this with automatic doors and a small inside rack if you don't have a kickstand. And every LBS around me doesn't mind customers rolling in with their rides.
If there's something we can do, it's to show up to city councils and ask for bike loops/staples for all our downtown businesses. Then we'll have bike parking for every local shop, including bike shops.
Perfect, all they need to do is contact the property manager for the plaza and bike racks will be installed.
I've had to do this myself as a customer and it works.
And as a business, I would imagine these property managers would haul ass at the request.
That's not true in general. Most cities have ordinances around required side walk space and minimum parking requirements which prevents businesses from installing bike racks on the sidewalk or in a parking space.