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RE: Fun at the Outlet Mall
Oh for sure. All of the local malls have been really hurt. It seems like the big anchor store go away, then the smaller shops dont draw the people and dont last long. Amazon has really put the hurt on brick and mortar stores.
Modern shopping malls came into their own in the 70s and 80s, and I think the outlet malls probably got big starting in the 90s. The big box stores built their businesses in retail, and some adapted to mail-order. But the internet threw them for a loop thanks to bureaucratic inertia. Sears could have been what Amazon is, but corporate culture isn't built around innovation and risk the way startup culture in the tech world was.