Every day I ride past a strip mall that has no bike racks, located on a street just a few blocks from a busy mup. My hairdresser is there, so whenever I go in for a trim I have to lock up to a railing around a raised section of sidewalk outside a donut shop - there aren't even any signs to lock to.
Numerous times I've told them that they should ask the landlord to install a good bike rack, as so many people ride past when coming off the mup, but it's never happened. So, there's an independent butcher shop, a women's clothing store, and numerous other businesses in that mall that I'll probably never visit more than a few times a year, whereas if they had a decent bike rack I - and a lot of other people - could stop off on the way home from work.