Malls could have adapted to communal places with gyms, more arcades, more theaters and event spaces and stores could have pivoted to be in person technical support and service, returns, demo and pickup places with sales being secondary.
But this is what happens when you have a bunch of old heads running businesses they thought was too big to fail.



Yooooo!
Walking into the arcade and hearing (big game at the entrance) is a vivid memory.
Malls could have adapted to communal places with gyms, more arcades, more theaters and event spaces and stores could have pivoted to be in person technical support and service, returns, demo and pickup places with sales being secondary.
But this is what happens when you have a bunch of old heads running businesses they thought was too big to fail.
The problem is, after about a week corporate ain't trying to hear about, "sales being secondary."Malls could have adapted to communal places with gyms, more arcades, more theaters and event spaces and stores could have pivoted to be in person technical support and service, returns, demo and pickup places with sales being secondary.
But this is what happens when you have a bunch of old heads running businesses they thought was too big to fail.