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The truth is, every mall right now is a dead mall. Just like every mechanical watch is an inaccurate watch - it seems that most people opt to use malls primarily for emotional reasons.

With Amazon and Walmart now offering next day delivery for almost nothing and the changes in many American neighborhoods - the countdown is on for these vestiges of 1980’s Americana.




I’m flipping the other way. Online is not cheaper anymore, sales tax is a thing and fake and fucked up stuff is too common.

I stopped my Amazon Prime last month. The last straw was 4/6 orders were screwed up (poor quality, damaged by brain dead packaging, fake, repackaged return) and the return process is a pain in the ass.

My wife was scammed by two different fake instagram companies this year. Online commerce is a pit.

I can drive to the mall and get the same stuff at same or better prices. It’s not fake and you avoid most of the other issues by physically looking at the item. If I’m in a rush, I can literally punch in an order at Target now and pull up in as little as 15m and have someone bring it to me.

You should try giving retail another try and truly evaluating it against the slop that Amazon is dishing out.


> it seems that most people opt to use malls primarily for emotional reasons

People also like to try on clothes before they buy them, to make sure they fit.


I completely agree but with services like Prime Wardrobe and Bombfell etc you can have a box of clothes delivered to you in 3 different sizes and return what doesn't fit.


The higher end higher income targetted "boutique" malls are doing very well actually. They may be emotional reasons but that doesn't make their current success less real.

Major urban city ones seem to be doing better as well last I checked - although one component is shopping tourism over lower prices. (Not entirely sure how the border security theater's arbitrary invasiveness, and travel warnings over incidents like shootings, civil forfeiture, etc.).

Apparently the ones dependent upon "service" as opposed to commodities thrive - even if that service is to be fashionable instead of expertise or convenience.




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