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post 1591783621 11-17-2019, 03:17 PM
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post 1591783811 11-17-2019, 03:19 PM
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Times are changing boomer
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post 1591783831 11-17-2019, 03:19 PM
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Living in MN, I wonder how long before the Mall of America ends up like the smaller malls that used to be busy and full. The MOA is a huge structure to end up sitting empty......
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post 1591785891 11-17-2019, 03:58 PM
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We still have Wally World






suck it amazon

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post 1610839791 07-17-2020, 12:24 AM
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post 1610839851 07-17-2020, 12:25 AM
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Holy chit haven't seen or heard the name "Mervyn's" in a billion years. Thanks for the time warp op repped.
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post 1610844231 07-17-2020, 03:16 AM
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All those chains ate Mom & Pop businesses alive by the bajillions, boo hoo for them.

I do miss going to the mall though, the 90s was GOAT.
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post 1610844601 07-17-2020, 03:35 AM
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Funcoland pls come back.
post 1610846141 07-17-2020, 04:20 AM
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Nothing like hitting the mall to scope out some baddies, all you weidos now days would rather jerk off and shop on Amazon. You wonder why people are so socially awkward nowadays
post 1610846751 07-17-2020, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted By AlpineX⏩
The Nature Company was a Store that i really miss, It was overprice waterfalls and rocks and nature type thing but they played that yanni music in there they had waterfalls everywhere. It was such a peaceful store to go to when you're at the mall.




mom would let me get a new rock everytime i went to the mall. miss that place. feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelsss
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post 1611662491 07-25-2020, 05:45 PM
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best buy still going strong
post 1611663111 07-25-2020, 05:53 PM
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Northeast brahs know this one. Feelssadman.jpg.

They are currently liquidating all stores, so see if any of you brahs can pick up some cheap workout gear.


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post 1611663211 07-25-2020, 05:54 PM
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post 1611664401 07-25-2020, 06:11 PM
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Who the fuk wants to drive around and get your car dented by some jary just to get to some store that doesnt have what you want in stock?
post 1611667211 07-25-2020, 06:46 PM
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Fuk amazon
post 1611667821 07-25-2020, 06:54 PM
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Funny thing is, before there were department stores, you would have a store catalog (aka Sears) which listed all of their products which you would then receive by mail.
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post 1611668161 07-25-2020, 07:00 PM
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internet/social media ruined the world.
post 1611669261 07-25-2020, 07:13 PM
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If in-person retail was on life support, COVID is indirectly putting it out of it's misery. These days you go to malls and it's no more than 25 people in store, have to wait in line like you're at disney or something just to browse. BRB the thing you wanted isn't in stock anyway, BRB somehow the online store is cheaper and has free shipping, I'll just try it on in store and order online.

Times are changing as they always are, and companies that don't adapt (sears) get tossed aside.
post 1611669821 07-25-2020, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted By PisseninMisc⏩
Idk about all that. It's mostly old school mall style big stores and chain stores going out of business. The area around here is developing at breakneck speed. Tons of smaller shops, boutique kind of places and also newer hipper stores. People around here seem to have plenty of money to spend, you just gotto catch their attention with something fun or unique.
This, exactly. (i own brick and motar retail)
post 1611670011 07-25-2020, 07:23 PM
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Malls died after 2012. It actually feels weird going in them now days. They never have anything either lol
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post 1611670631 07-25-2020, 07:29 PM
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Some of those stores really sucked dik. I cant remember ever walking into a teavana or gnc and not being immediately set upon by some sales person they had trained to try to upsell me on spending a hundred bucks for **** that isnt worth a hundred bucks. Radioshack would take some item that cost less than a dollar to make and put a $20 price tag on it because hey where else are you going to get this weird specialized adapter.

I actually have a different take. If youre not obviously adding value.. 9 times out of 10 you have no business taking **** someone else made and marking it up. Where I live there are numerous stores targeting the wealthy as theres a lot of money here. I **** you not one block away theres a store that just does fancy olive oil and spices. There are some really stupid people in the world. You do not need a $40 bottle of olive oil because some sales person told you it comes from xyz place and is processed in some special way. We have stores here selling soap and lotion with the same gimmick.
post 1611671341 07-25-2020, 07:38 PM
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If it weren’t for the fact that most stores ship with usps and usps is absolute chit
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post 1611671611 07-25-2020, 07:41 PM
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Amazon is honestly superior in terms of convenience, price and quality. Brb-low price, hundreds of reviews, and delivery to your door. Retail was dead then and there. A few years ago, people said those retail businesses will die out, and be replaced by “experience” based businesses. You know, malls with indoor water parks, restaurants, and big theaters (looking at you, American Dream mall). Covid changed that. What do we do with the space now? You guys should be thinking about that, because your idea could make you some serious money.
post 1611671821 07-25-2020, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted By Merc009⏩
If it weren’t for the fact that most stores ship with usps and usps is absolute chit
USPS is cheapest and you'll still get your product so.... not sure why you are surprised by that
post 1611856271 07-27-2020, 11:25 PM
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post 1611857041 07-27-2020, 11:46 PM
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Outside of Blockbuster, who really gives a fcuk?

These places went out of business for a reason. They were over priced, employed crappy/underpaid people, weren't always location convenient and had poor business models overall.

There are still very successful brick & mortars for damn near all of these lines of business, movie rental aside.
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post 1613191331 08-10-2020, 11:20 PM
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post 1613192081 08-10-2020, 11:37 PM
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Most of those stores sucked ass. Overpriced 1000X markup. Finding parking, making lines, no thanks Jeff.

Back in the days you had to actually go in person to pay bills, making a long ass line just to pay your light bill.

F that.

Thank God for the Internet.

I'm not going to romanticize the blow your brains out experiences of the past, yes there was good and cool stuff, but a lot of it was just inefficient waste of life moments.
post 1613192421 08-10-2020, 11:46 PM
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It's the end of the world. In a few million years from now some Neanderthal humans will come up again and society will develop just as it did before. Eventually there will be retail stores again. But as of today, yeah we're fukked.
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Originally Posted By Merc009⏩
If it weren’t for the fact that most stores ship with usps and usps is absolute chit
USPS is goat for me. UPS sucks balls. Why can't they phukkin ship on weekend?!!! Gets me so dang mad.
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