What Happened to the American Shopping Mall?

Despite being a huge and unique part of American culture, shopping malls just aren’t what they once were during their height in the 1980s. My Patreon: How is Claire’s Still in Business? 0:00 Intro 1:01 The First Mall 2:21 Malls in the 80s 4:48 Malls in Movies and Media 6:22 Gradual Downfall of Malls 7:41 Death of Department Stores 9:53 Retail Apocalypse of 2017 11:57 Online Shopping 12:48 Dead and Abandoned Malls 14:07 Current State of Malls