Posted on 01/06/2015 7:33:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Some began earlier as newer malls were built nearby and folks moved their shopping there and others due to bh0; thus a mix.
Not so sure, I would want to go there....
Chanting 'Black Lives Matter,' Protesters Shut Down Part of Mall of ...
Mall of America protest attracts thousands on busy shopping day Minneapolis Star Tribune
Police brutality protesters rally at Mall of America U.S. News & World Report
Arrested Mall of America protesters to be charged USA TODAY
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Zero Hedge sells gold futures with fear-mongering.
The internet and Walmart killed the mall. Why wade through a parking lots and crowds to pay twice as much?
I hear the Pinedale Shopping Mall in Cincinnati is still thriving. People always gobble up the deals.
Very true. I remember back in the 90’s the bus drivers went on strike. The shoplifting at the Mall of America came to a complete stop!
Everyone was hoping the drivers never came off strike.
Malls further away from the city, such as those in outlying counties have few or no public transportation options. These malls are flourishing.
Malls had better invest in better security. It's no longer enough to have a handful of security guards around. I think at some point, malls are going to have to adopt some TSA-style measures such as scanners and metal detectors. Sure, those procedures aren't fun, but malls are no longer safe, and if the malls want to stay in business, they are going to have to make some safety improvements to attract and keep shoppers.
This NYT story is a day late and dollar short: even their occupancy & health stats are misleading as most covered malls have already been torn down in the U.S. in the preceding decades.
I know that almost all the covered malls ever built in Colorado have already been torn down and replaced with clusters of drive-up big box stores. There’s only a handful of covered malls still in operation in Colorado.
And it’s got nothing to do with haves and have-nots, which of course is the prism that NYT exclusively views the world.
The real reasons covered malls have died:
1. Internet shopping: infinitely better selection, much better prices, MUCH more convenient, and MUCH quicker than mall (or any other kind) of shopping.
2. Shift in merchandise preferences: most people are more interested in buying stuff like electronic gadgets from Best Busy and the like, rather than candles and Hallmark Cards and the other kind of useless crap sold in covered malls.
3. Time: most people are in a hurry and don’t have time to browse and/or walk for miles past hundreds of stores they could care less about to purchase something from the store they DO want to buy something from; they want to drive up to the front door of the store they need something from, go in, buy it, and then leave.
Personally, there are very few things that I endure the “mall experience” in order to purchase.
I may visit a retail store, but it matters not to me if the actual store is in a mall or self contained.
But one pays a premium to purchase from a brick-and-mortar store, not to mention the cost in gasoline to get there and the time spent. Malls seem to be designed to prevent you from parking, getting in, making a purchase, and getting out. When possible, buying online is cheaper and more time-efficient.
Wait until the Carle Place seniors hit the casino!
“Are these dead malls only occurring the past six years, or have they started on this trend longer than that?”
See post 47.
Always thought the whole mall retail business to be on unstable ground. Making all your money in 2 months of the year, while paying staff to mill around for the rest of the year doesn’t appear to be good business to me.
The wine store isn’t bringing in the crowds?
Malls...hyper-controlled, anti-democratic, socialist hell holes of the suburban workers’ paradise.
Good riddance!
“Teen” crime is a major part of it. I also loathe seeing EBT morons shopping in their PJ’s and not even taking the time to properly dress or fix themselves.
Malls are slothpool magnets.
Reminds me of a quote that I read in an article...
“I like going to the Dollar Store because you don’t have to dress up like when you’re going to Walmart”
You can also see a map of the phenomenon here that just by location shows that a lot of mall closures are not due to "teens from the hoods", and are better explained by the country being "over-retailed".
Nah, that place started to bomb out back in the early 80s.
Good deals on stereo equipment? Turkey friendly access too?
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