[Celtic Conservative]

Who the hell still goes to malls?

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[daniel1212]

The decline of the American mall has left just 700 still standing. Soon there may be just 150 left.

Tim Levin Oct 12, 2022, 12:40 PM Ten years from now, there will be approximately 150 malls left in the US, Nick Egelanian, president of retail consulting firm SiteWorks, told The Wall Street Journal.  That's down from around 2,500 locations in the 1980s and 700 today, Egelanian said.  - https://www.businessinsider.com/american-mall-decline-150-left-10-years-how-many-2022-10..In 2020, Coresight Research projected that 25% of the country's approximately 1,000 malls would close shop in the following 3-5 years. In April, analysts at UBS projected that 40,000-50,000 American retail stores would shut down by 2027.