The Death of Malls?

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You've probably seen or heard about malls closing, but this doesn't necessarily mean the end of malls entirely, and online shopping isn't quite the enemy that you might expect.

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Music is Wallpaper Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The “mall formula” idea inspired by this: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/17-071_615ba9f2-dfca-41f2-a0eb-0336e5e36160.pdf

Game is Civilization 5 (go buy it)

Clip of IRL person talking is an Apple executive from the September 2017 Apple Special Event.

Anchor store source (among many others): http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-shopping-malls-wont-tell-you-1308954251095

Future of malls source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2017/06/26/its-the-end-of-the-mall-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#445dd9007eb4
Tom Simmons, who oversees the mid-Atlantic shopping center division of Kimco, another real estate giant, is more blunt. “There are B and C malls in tertiary markets that are dinosaurs and will likely die,” he said, but “A malls are doing well.”

Internet sales up (not meant to be exact, only show a trend)
http://pewaukeeeconomics.blogspot.com/2015/04/producers-take-advantage-of-compulsive.ht/ml

Map is United States of America with States - Single Color by FreeVectorMaps.com *Image edited

Living inside mall article: [You Can Now Live Inside America’s First Shopping Mall for $550 a Month - Westminster Arcade Rhode Island](http://www.countryliving.com/real-estate/a35148/shopping-mall-micro-homes-in-rhode-island/)

Other sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2017/06/26/its-the-end-of-the-mall-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#38b5f4727eb4
https://www.fixr.com/costs/build-shopping-mall
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/17-071_615ba9f2-dfca-41f2-a0eb-0336e5e36160.pdf
https://www.ten-x.com/company/blog/for-elite-class-a-malls-its-good-to-be-king/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/26/why-these-malls-are-thriving-while-others-die.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/retail-meltdown-of-2017/522384/
http://www.businessinsider.com/so-what-are-we-going-to-do-with-the-retail-malls-2017-3
https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/5/4/15124038/regional-mall-apocalypse
http://www.margaretriverbusiness.com/2012/11/is-the-internet-killing-the-traditional-retail-shop/
http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0711/is-online-shopping-killing-brick-and-mortar.aspx
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/06/16/amazon-to-buy-whole-foods-market-in-deal-valued-at-13-7-billion-2/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/05/the-retail-apocalypse-summed-up-perfectly-in-one-chart-commentary.html

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