And without smartphones and streaming, hanging out at the mall was also the best way to kill time with friends. Brick-and-mortar stores are also feeling the effects of online shopping. More than ...

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Malls began springing up in every American suburb, along with large shopping-center-mall hybrids and everything in between. By 1960, just four years after Gruen's first mall, there were 4,500 ...