Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has pushed them to the edge

Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by emkoemko on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:29PM (#26922007)

and yet i don't see any of this in Canada, malls packed, more malls built and Toys R Us still in all of them. What could be the difference between Canada and USA?

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Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by agogdog on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:45PM (#26922087)

I'd wager that Canada has/had many fewer malls than USA (per capita). Even many small nowhere cities would have a mall.

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Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by emkoemko on Saturday April 24, 2021 @12:49AM (#26922328)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/CrossIro...

that was built out of the city middle of no where because there was not enough water and land to do it in the city, and yet still full and now Costco and others opened next to it, plus a new mall built across it. there are like 10+ malls withing 20km

something is different maybe the weather leads more people to liking to go to a warm place in the winter? but then again many parts of the world malls are doing well.

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