Friday 25 April 2014

The end of the Mall?

Is this the future of mass-market retail? - there is a forecast that around 15% of the malls in the US are going to close over the next decade, and given that New Zealand commodity retail is moving to on-line in a similar way, will this happen here, one day?   

The following link goes to some fascinating photos and comment at Fast Company.

  Eerie Photos of Abandoned Shopping Malls Show the Changing Face of Suburbia


But there is hope - this was Seattle's response to a failed mall's giant car park.

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