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Our local mall went through a period of decline, as old stalwarts like Sears, Montgomery Ward, and JC Penny went out of business or left. But then it got renov
by rootusrootus 6y ago
Our local mall went through a period of decline, as old stalwarts like Sears, Montgomery Ward, and JC Penny went out of business or left. But then it got renovated, new stores moved in, and it's as busy as ever. I think it just took a different selection of stores to attract customers back. And the redesign made space for a number of medium-size anchor stores like REI who have doors facing out rather than into the mall itself.
- SilverRed 6y agoI saw someone say the problem is there are just too many malls in America. In Australia it seems every mall is packed to the point where you can hardly walk through them, but all so that the number of malls per person in Australia is much lower than in America.
- starik36 6y agoREI might work in a well populated area. This town has 11k inhabitants. The neighboring town which sports Walmart and Costco (the one the author laments driving to) has a population of 8k. I don't think there is enough population to support a profitable REI in an age where you can order everything it sells for cheaper elsewhere.