Why So Many Mall Stores Are Closing — and What It Means for Shoppers

The lights are still on, but something inside the mall has broken.
Empty storefronts. Quiet food courts. Familiar logos fading from the walls like ghosts of another era. Behind every “For Lease” sign is a worker out of hours, a small shop losing hope, a community losing its gathering pla… Continues…

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