What Happened to the American Shopping Mall?
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Published 2022-12-28
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0:00 Intro
1:01 The First Mall
2:21 Malls in the 80s
4:48 Malls in Movies and Media
6:22 Gradual Downfall of Malls
7:41 Death of Department Stores
9:53 Retail Apocalypse of 2017
11:57 Online Shopping
12:48 Dead and Abandoned Malls
14:07 Current State of Malls
All Comments (21)
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I want malls to be turned into housing communities like imagine apartments with daycares and businesses mixed together with lots of walking spaces
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Seeing my childhood mall quickly become a “dead mall” is so heartbreaking. So many empty retail spaces and weird stores no one’s ever heard of. If malls die.. EYE will die
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In Asia, malls are located in dense urban areas, everything is in walking distance, people live around it, there's a supermarket, pharmacy, bank, public parks, recreation, and other amenities. It's not like the US where malls are out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by concrete parking lots.
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As someone who lives in Australia and goes to malls as a way to cure boredom, i could not imagine not having them
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most of the malls around me are still really crowded and popular. They have realized that having more high end clothing stores is the key to sucess because clothes are much better bought in person at least imo
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My Local mall is still doing fine normally but it was nice seeing it Packed during the Holidays. Even though I’m 16 I still prefer a lot of the traditional Shopping ways. It’s Saddening that I wasn’t able to experience more Crazy Black Fridays or chilling at the Mall with Friends.
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One thing old malls have that they lacked in the early 2000's and later was entertainment spaces. My mom recounts the local mall she grew up near that had an ice rink and a waterslide. Now malls have the same dozen chain stores making them all feel like carbon copies of each other.
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I've always preferred shopping in person, especially for clothes as I'm a very tactile person. Growing up in the 2000s has had me directly witness the booming popularity then downfall of malls all over the place, becoming defunct and empty, or only catering to the rich designer brands and overpriced food courts. It's really sad to see what once were community hubs of activity for all types of budgets become more gentrified or else be left to die...
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Ironically, one of my local malls has experienced an opposite effect. Recently, new restaurants and shops have opened at the mall, and many renovations have taken place!
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My childhood mall died about 2 years ago and has been in the process of being torn down this year with barely any part of the structure staying. Wandering through the dying mall was one of my favorite activities, as much as it broke my heart to see the carousel go. I don't think I'll ever like seeing things change, but something about loosing a spot entirely makes it harder
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It’s always so interesting to learn even more about how the concept of a large scale shopping centre in America is dying out because here in Australia it’s thriving. Shopping centres (usually called by the place they’re in ie queen street, chermside etc) only continue to stay popular here, and they’re always busy, no matter if it’s the holidays or just another Tuesday. It’s fascinating really
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As an Aussie, its always amazed me that your malls don't have supermarkets. Here a typical shopping centre/mall will have at least one supermarket, either Woolworths or Coles, maybe both, maybe even also an IGA or Aldi, as such you go because you have to get groceries, and while you're there you might also have lunch with friends, go to specialty shops, or see a movie.
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Interestingly enough, malls are hitting their stride in other parts of the world, where e-commerce has not taken root. \Southeast Asia is a huge hub for packed malls right now
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What’s so weird is that the Philippines is having an opposite effect where malls here are still going strong to the point of transportation issues when people want to go home (not like I’m saying that’s a good thing BTW). It makes me wonder what makes Philippine malls more popular and accessible to consumers compared to American malls. Culture? The fact that we have groceries inside malls? Not really sure, but I do want to learn more.
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Where I am I think people are too skeptical of shopping online, and tbh I agree. Malls, shopping centres and physical stores are still alive and well. I couldn't imagine for the life of me ordering clothes online, unless it is something I genuinely cannot find in a physical store. I only order online if I know exactly what I am getting (i.e. electronics from a trusted seller, or products I have used before).
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I live in Perth, Western Australia, which still has a pretty thriving shopping mall culture. It takes so long for deliveries to arrive and delivery fees cost so much, that in-person shopping is in most cases easier and cheaper than ordering online. Benefits of living in the most isolated city in the world I guess 😂
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I am aware of the mall dying in this country but in my location I've always seen teens and young adults hanging out and the mall was really packed during the holidays
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People went to the mall to "window shop". It was the only way to see a lot of the new stuff. That and store catalogs. Yeah people bought stuff when they were there, but now, you can sit at your computer and see everything. I remember going to Best Buy almost weekly to see new releases in music, movies and video games. I haven't been there in years now.
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my once childhood mall is now being used like a community convention center which is nice its not just rotting away and i still find joy to go there
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As someone who uses a lot of social media, I can tell you that those interactions are nowhere near as fulfilling as a real-life conversation. It doesn't come close to hanging out and wasting time with your friends at the mall.
