I watch a lot of Dead Mall videos on YouTube and I wanted to see what everyone’s thoughts are on why there’s so many dead malls now.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    People use Amazon instead of the mall because they can still afford the Temu-level garbage Amazon sells.

    I mean a few reasons.

    • Pricing is better on Amazon vs mall. I can get a Gangsta Luffy T-shirt at $12 vs $20 at hot topic
    • Inventory is significantly bigger. Outside of clothes, I can’t imagine not finding the exact online version and compare
    • Malls are kinda ugly now. Many are indoor and just wall to wall commercialism.
    • People suck. Naked dude stealing stop signs and angry Karen about the take a dump on the escalator.
    • Driving vs ship to door.
    • Both have temu-level garbage, but it’s cheaper on Amazon.
    • s_s@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Both have temu-level garbage, but it’s cheaper on Amazon.

      Currently, as they are dying today, yes.

      This is not how malls have traditionally worked.

      In the past, malls provided a plug-and-play way for national chain retail to offer premium, private-labeled goods that allowed them to extract money away from a community’s locally owned stores found on main street.