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Re:Busted retailers use bankruptcy to break leases by the th... by jldugger on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:03PM (#24077588)
> Malls are going to start becoming ghost towns, especially with no anchor stores like Penny's and the since-departed Sears.

Pretty sure that already happened. The US built waaay too much retail space[1], and still[2] has an overhang in most markets. And yea, Amazon kinda ate the Sears / JCPenny lunch, which has not helped matters.

[1]: https://qz.com/1032723/theres-much-more-empty-retail-space-i... [2]: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/08/business/macys-store-clos...

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Re:Busted retailers use bankruptcy to break leases by the th... by AniseAbyss on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:18AM (#24079971)
I like to joke that the US economy depends on how much crap people buy in December (and many, many factories in China depend on it too).
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