Sure. They’re most useful for early morning walkers and after-dark wildings.
That isn’t shopping, it is an amusement park.
If you go to one during the “wrong” hours, you may end up dead
I’m certain the local mall is not basing their business planning on how many times I plan to darken their doors in the future. I might make it 5 times in a big year.
Step 2) Look, touch, taste, test, and compare the items you are interested in purchasing.
Step 3) Choose the make/model/options that exactly fit your wants and needs.
Step 4) Whip out your phone and look up the chosen item on Amazon, compare pricing to the in-store item, then hit 'Buy Now.'
They may not be dead, but I know my patronage is about 1% of what is was 20 years ago.
Correct. And Jeff Bezo's knows this. My belief is that malls that fail are either in areas that are stagnating economically and demographically, or they just don't take the time to invest in making the place attractive to customers.
I stated it before: malls wont die, especially if the mall has a movie complex. Just like taxis were thought to be extinct, you still see them with Uber.
I will not set foot into the local “Mall”. It is infested with out of control punks and overpriced junk.
Ignore the Lazy Pessimists, Despite Online Shopping, Shopping Malls Are Far From Dead;
I don´t know. The one near me, except for seniors doing their daily power walk, is empty enough to emulate a democrat brain. Reports of deer roaming some of the halls have surfaced lately.
I went to Home Depot this AM, spent a little over $100, and the biggest change in Home Depot is all check out is self service {except for contractors}.
At 8:15 AM there was well over 50 vehicles in the lot and there was a "He'p wanted" sign, start at $13.00/hour with benefits.
Earlier this week I checked Home Depot for a power washer, but bought one at Amazon, and saved $80.
If the product is the exact same, then the price becomes a main factor {along with availability}.
Actually the alteration in indoor “malls” and department stores (true, not cruddy Wal-Mart etc) I see as just a correction
We are too obsessive, and fadish. Someone comes up with a concept and everyone - including businessmen - is all in.
Before the ‘net and on-line (catalog - that’s all it is, guys) shopping became truly big, mall were “dying” and new artificial “towns” with parking right at all the shops, or “outdoor malls” were growing. They’re STILL building these things.
It was a reaction to the PITA of needing something that is in ONE store INSIDE a mall far from parking. Suddenly, the old style of specialty stores right on the street front became logical again.
ALL types of shopping have their place. The challenge is to refrain from obsessing on one only to find 30 years later that maybe it isn’t the end-all be-all.
If we can reach a balance, it would be great. There won’t be as many “malls” (indoor), but they definitely have their use so there will still be malls. As there will also be main-street shops.
Well all I got is the Canadian perspective in a government town - meaning people have secure jobs.
Sears is gone. Kmart is gone. Target is gone. All we have is the Bay, and it is on its way out if you ever go there and see how empty it is. The anchor stores, outside of Walmart, are finished. Toys R Us here is half empty.
The malls are busy on the weekend. Outside of the weekend you might as well close shop because no one is here.
Some of these dead malls are being turned into ecommerce distribution centers.
The only thing propping up malls is women’s clothing and accessories - many women need to try on / see it in the mirror before they buy, and that’s a pain with online shopping. Whoever figures out a way for women to reliably try on stuff online and view it in a virtual mirror will be the next Bezos and will drive the final nail into malls.