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Originally Posted by Capsicum
Bigger malls in the Greater Toronto area and Greater Vancouver area though seem to be doing really well. When I go there, many are often packed.
Smaller malls and mid-sized ones though have tougher luck.
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This seems to be the general trend... the biggest malls that have the biggest retail draws (Apple store and other such popular boutique shops) are thriving, but it's that second and third tier of malls that have really suffered.
If you look back at late 1980s Winnipeg when mall retailing was at its peak, you had about 7 or 8 major malls that were roughly competitive with each other. These days it's 2, maybe 3 big malls that really dominate as retail draws, with the rest just sort of hanging in there. The numbers are larger in bigger cities, but I think the same concept generally prevails.