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2018-11-30 Economy

More trouble for malls: A new wave of closures from Gap, Victoria's Secret and others

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-30 02:38|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Victoria had a secret ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-30 02:44|| 2018-11-30 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 ...well, given the advances in (Thai and Brazilian) plastic surgery and hormone therapy, you just can't be sure anymore without a chromosome analysis. The next new kit from Ancestry dot com.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-30 06:14|| 2018-11-30 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 It does seem that the day of looking at horribly overpriced goods in a crowded horribly overpriced venue is over. I will, however, miss browsing in the Warner Brothers store. (They've been gone awhile.)

Posted by ed in texas 2018-11-30 07:33|| 2018-11-30 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 I will, however, miss browsing in the Warner Brothers store. (They've been gone awhile.)

The, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, That's all, folks...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-11-30 08:04|| 2018-11-30 08:04|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought Victoria Secret was going to do big business with their new transexual models, who would have thought confused messages might effect their sales or something.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-11-30 10:02|| 2018-11-30 10:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I will, however, miss browsing in the Warner Brothers store.

The old Wigwam stores. And lets not forget Montgommery (Monkey) Wards. The old '88cent' stores... But they were not in Malls (maybe strip malls...)

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-11-30 10:33|| 2018-11-30 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 It used to be groceries was the most common shopping I'd go to, but I don't do much anymore now that I think about it.

When we get groceries, SWMBO goes in to shop for fresh items like meat fruit and vegetables. Everything else, she orders online and I just pull in and they load it in the car's trunk or back seat of the truck. Sadly, the days of things like a box of Chocodile Twinkies mysteriously ending up in the cart are over.
She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO)
The nice part is that we actually spend less money on groceries because I'm not loading up on stuff we don't need even if it looked like a good deal at the time (Looking at that pallet-sized pack of toilet paper is still sitting in our bathroom closet...) and by shopping online, my wife can get all the sales at Kroger, Walmart, and HEB without setting foot in the stores. All I do is go fetch the stuff, which ultimately takes less time to hit all those than it would have to shop in one of them.

That's really changed how we shop. Malls are dead.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-11-30 12:13|| 2018-11-30 12:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Low interest rates make high land prices which makes high rents which puts physical based companies out of business..

It's not rocket science.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-11-30 13:55|| 2018-11-30 13:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Stick a fork in 'em.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-11-30 15:16|| 2018-11-30 15:16|| Front Page Top

#10 (Looking at that pallet-sized pack of toilet paper is still sitting in our bathroom closet...)

That'll be gold in the civil war.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-30 15:39|| 2018-11-30 15:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Venezuelan Currency reserves

Posted by Frank G 2018-11-30 15:48|| 2018-11-30 15:48|| Front Page Top

#12 What about all the Mall-Rats?

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-11-30 16:06|| 2018-11-30 16:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Victoria wasn't really that good at keeping secrets anyway...

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-11-30 16:08|| 2018-11-30 16:08|| Front Page Top

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