-—The retailer that began as a single store more than 50 years ago blamed declining mall traffic,...-—
Can’t understand declining mall traffic - you’d think that with all the ‘teen’ riots and fights and pilferage and looting together creating a hostile atmosphere more people would just love to shop.
Our Mall used to be crowded and parking spaces were hard to find.
Not so any more.......................
The “teens” ruined my childhood mall soon after the mall installed a bus stop out front.
Now here in MA the big thing is to build outside malls like Patriots Place, Legacy Place etc.
It seems that understanding is that the “teens” do not like the cold..
Well mall problems in earnest, started back in the mid-late 1980s and early 90s. If the malls allowed themselves to be thug hangouts that was a factor. Stores with limited appeal and noncritical items was another. Big box stores coming into play was another. Not keeping malls and stores looking fresh and maintaining the mall was another factor. Some malls just had a terrible layout design.