Darin Cates: «Vintage Video found from early 1980s inside Metro North Shopping Mall of Kansas City Missouri. A bit Long but shows what it was like in its hay day. Even the arrogant teen cashier at Merry-Go-Round is there. The Mall cop stops and asks us about our GIANT Camera and battery powered tape machines. […]
Además: la historia de cómo el dueño de la empresa suicidó a Blockbuster cuando rechazó comprar Netflix a un precio ridículo te hará perdonarte por cualquier pésima decisión que hayas tomado. Un pedazo de los 90 Es probable que esta historia te lleve directamente a un viaje de la memoria y evoque ese inconfundible olor […]
Malls are not the center of our cultural sphere anymore. They’re not new and shiny. We’ve moved on, and now we have the Internet. MICHAEL GALINSKY In 1989, Michael Galinsky, then a 20-year-old student, took a month to traverse the U.S. Everywhere he went, he documented the same place: the shopping mall. The results are now an […]
Wikipedia: Rolling Acres Mall was a shopping mall located in the Rolling Acres area of Akron, Ohio, United States. Built in 1975, it originally included approximately 21 stores, with Sears as the main anchor store. Later expansions added J. C. Penney, Montgomery Ward, and O’Neil’s, along with a movie theater and food court. Montgomery Ward was converted to Higbee’s in 1986, and then to Dillard’s in 1992, while O’Neil’s became May Company Ohio, Kaufmann’s, […]
Kmart‘s parent company, Sears Holdings, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. The company says it will close 142 Sears and Kmart stores before the end of the year, and its CEO, Eddie Lampert, will step down. The rise of e-commerce, declining foot traffic to malls, and a higher demand for off-price products are just some of the factors […]
La cadena minorista ícono de Estados Unidos, de 132 años de longevidad, está agonizando. Se declaró en quiebra y está vendiendo sus últimos activos. Especialistas apuntan a que no supo adaptarse al e-commerce y a Amazon. En nuestro país, la principal empresa del rubro, Falabella, está capitalizándose para competir en el modelo omnicanal. La quiebra […]
Ya es tradición que al pasar los autos por la entrada norte de Temuco dediquen su mirada al que fuera el gran centro comercial Mall Temuco 2000, cerrado más o menos hace 10 años.Imposible no recordar dos hechos significativos. El primero ocurrió pocas semanas antes de su inauguración en 1993, cuando los guardias daban su […]
