• A notice is seen on a closed entrance to White Flint Mall on February 3, 2015 in Kensington, Maryland. Mandel Ngan / AFP
    A notice is seen on a closed entrance to White Flint Mall on February 3, 2015 in Kensington, Maryland. Mandel Ngan / AFP
  • An empty parking lot is seen at White Flint Mall. William Edwards / AFP
    An empty parking lot is seen at White Flint Mall. William Edwards / AFP
  • An empty aisle is seen inside the last operating department store at White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
    An empty aisle is seen inside the last operating department store at White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
  • Mannequins are seen inside the last operating department store at White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
    Mannequins are seen inside the last operating department store at White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
  • A traffic cone is seen in the parking lot in front of a closed entrance to White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
    A traffic cone is seen in the parking lot in front of a closed entrance to White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
  • Shoppers in interior Garden Court view of upper level in Southdale Regional Shopping Center, the first indoor mall in America. Grey Villet / The Life Picture Collection / Getty Images
    Shoppers in interior Garden Court view of upper level in Southdale Regional Shopping Center, the first indoor mall in America. Grey Villet / The Life Picture Collection / Getty Images
  • Lord and Taylor, the last operating department store in the White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP
    Lord and Taylor, the last operating department store in the White Flint Mall. Mandel Ngan / AFP

Business

The death of the shopping mall in the United States – in pictures

Liz Claus

February 16, 2015

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The “shopping mall”, traditional symbol of the consumer in the 1960s, with trendy name brand stores all under one roof, are becoming the thing of the past in the US.

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