Malls worked as long as people had no place else to go. That was true in the pre-Internet Age economy.
But Amazon came along and changed it all.
Why cant the gays make up the differance in all those gay freindly stores?
Seriously so did Walmart/Sams. A mall in my county has a competitive use restriction on the property held by guess who? It seems a small parcel was purchased to expand to a super store and a use stipulation on the rest of the 50 acre parcel the mall sits on was put into place. The mall sits empty as new strip malls prosper and increase.
I'd still rather go to a specialty store especially for something I need yesterday and want to see first before purchase. About the only thing I use Amazon for is occasionally buying hard to find CD's and I buy most CD's in a second hand book/CD store for prices Amazon can't even meet.