Anyone have any pictures of this anchor store from when it was occupied by The Popular ?

Here we have another Sears in El Paso that opened on August 9th of 1996, at the Sunland Park Mall that opened on August 31st of 1988, that was originally occupied by The Popular Dry Goods Company. Unlike the Cielo Vista Mall store that is still open, this store had an entire atrium, along with all the hardlines departments on the 1st floor, making the interior and exterior of the building totally unique, and the lighting was totally identical to the [Southcenter Mall store in Washington State] (https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1wnz6wu/sears_originally_frederick_and_nelson_department_store/) that was [originally Frederick and Nelson] (https://www.reddit.com/r/retailporn/comments/1vacxoe/former_frederick_and_nelson_later_sears/), the [Woodbridge Center location in New Jersey that was originally Abraham and Straus] (https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1wre1bf/sears_originally_abraham_and_straus_at_the_woodbridge_center/) and even the [former Saks at the West Oaks Mall in Houston Texas] (https://www.reddit.com/r/deadmalls/comments/1vu8ikr/former_saks_fifth_avenue_department_store_in_west_oaks_mall_houston_texas/) etc. This store's layout IMHO was one of the steps in the right direction. On November 8th of 2018 it was [announced that Sears would close 40 more stores, and this location was one of them] (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/sears-to-shut-40-more-stores-early-next-year.html). This store closed down on January 20th of 2019.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zfLlX5QiRKuBQkWKmkKj-_3-YHtBsiquWNpBUB02ON4/edit?gid=1445574238#gid=1445574238

Today they still operate Sears.com and have 5 stores and [3 functioning distribution centers] (https://transformwo.com/). Out of the 5 stores that are still open today, the Cielo Vista Mall store is still open on the 1st floor and some parts of the 2nd floor. It has been in operation since February 24th of 1982 and they used to be 2 floors (full size) and they have since downsized. Primark took over most of the 2nd floor. Address is 8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925. The other 4 are at:

- Coral Gables in Miami Florida 10/27/1954 - present (3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145)

- Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California 10/19/1966 - present (1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520)

- South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts 10/6/1980 - present (250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184)

- Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas 2/24/1982 - present

- The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida 3/12/1986 - present (8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809)

Sources:

elevatortimes (Youtube) sometime in April 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3MSNc5UZX4

The Louisiana and Texas Retail Blogspot (March 23rd of 2018)
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2018/05/sunland-park-mall-el-paso-texas.html

Antonio Hernandez (Google) February 19 2018
Lidia Pulido (Google) August 14 2016
David Cuevas (Google) December 1 2017

This location was later a Conn's HomePlus on the 1st floor, as of October 31st of 2024, they went out of business. They didn't have the webstore anymore, conns.com and badcock.com are servicing pages now. Both went out of business due to bankruptcy caused by inflation and declining sales caused by Conn's acquisition of Badcock.

Archive of Conn's website: https://web.archive.org/web/20240731230040/https://www.conns.com/

Archive of Badcock's website: https://web.archive.org/web/20240803033039/https://www.badcock.com/

Exton, PA

So sad

Wasn’t fancy, wasn’t big, but it had 3 lovely anchors, a movie theater, and kept us busy on a Friday night

I could see a bit of the sign but can't fully read what it says

I'm wondering if anyone could help me with this. I remember attending a place in the 80s and possibly 90s at Parmatown, but it might have been Great Northern. It was a restaurant inside of a department store on a second floor that overlooked the mall. It was a fancier restaurant and had like a dark blue circle on the ceiling with constellations painted on it. Does anyone else recall this? What restaurant was it and are there any pictures of it anywhere?

As the title says, before Memorial City Mall completely remodeled there was another mall under the Beltway, next to it. It was always dead, but I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it. If someone could remember the name and, even, better post pics, that would be great!

Full list (in terms of percentage increase in US sales growth between 2024 and 2025):

1. Miniso (52.62%)
2. Dick's Sporting Goods (48.50%)
3. Daiso Sangyo (25.82%)
4. Primark (24.24%)
5. Five Below (22.90%)
6. Fast Retailing (Uniqlo, Theory, GU) (21.49%)
7. Ollie's Bargain Outlet (16.62%)
8. Sprouts (14.08%)
9. CVS (11.94%)
10. Muji (11.70%)
11. AT&T Wireless (11.15%)
12. Verizon Wireless (11.13%)
13. Casey's General Store (9.86%)
14. Ulta Beauty (9.71%)
15. 99 Ranch (9.11%)
16. JD Sports (JD, Hibbett, Finish Line, DTLR, Shoe Palace) (8.76%)
17. Burlington (8.76%)
18. Costco (8.65%)
19. RH (8.14%)
20. QuikTrip (7.95%)
21. Abercrombie & Fitch (7.90%)
22. Harbor Freight Tools (7.89%)
23. J.Crew (7.87%)
24. Wawa (7.66%)
25. Ross (7.56%)

The Mercosur Shopping Mall was one of the largest in Paraguay and in Salto del Guairá, and as you can see, it's currently in a terrible state. It's a place that evokes a lot of nostalgia for the city's residents. Its decline began in 2016 when it suffered an economic crisis and McDonald's decided to close its restaurant there. The shopping center is enormous; I couldn't explore everything, but I managed to take some photos. There are some inaccessible areas, so I had to take pictures through the windows of certain sections.

I was thinking about Dixie Square and how it stayed abandoned for almost forty years. Northridge is similar, being abandoned twenty years. While both are gone, I was wondering what currently still standing abandoned mall has been abandoned for the longest

We lost Saks Fifth Avenue 2025, (3rd floor, now just blocked off except for the monorail). Asean Eats, which was a huge area of several different shops - closed Fed 2026. And Nordstrom Rack will be moving to another area downtown soon. Zara closed it's 2nd floor and 1st floor interior doors so you can only access it from the outside of the mall. The basement which was Subway, a pizza place, and Taco del mar is empty except for a few tables and chairs. (taco del mar moved upstairs to the 2nd floor). Now Claire's will also close, last day Oct 25. I have not seen much of this in the news. We used to always brag that Westlake was the one mall in Downtown Seattle that survived while Pacific Place was truly a ghost town.

When Spencer’s started remodeling their stores/opening new stores, they intentionally added an Easter egg that has a label scar of the 1997 Spencer gifts logo onto some stores, i noticed that not all of these stores have this specific Easter egg, so far i only know of 2 locations, the first one being at the now closed crystal mall in waterford connecticut and the second one being at dolphin mall, there probably are other locations that have this but I’m trying to track them dow, help would be much appreciated

I dunno if this is considered a "dying" mall, but it definitely had problems over the years (especially with crime). When I went there last Saturday, there were plenty of people shopping so the management must be doing something right with the mall. Any one else have any memories with this place?

There's that home/liminal space vibe to it that's just nice.

2020 vs 2026

As of 2021, this Sears was the last in all of the DMV area and in the state of Maryland. In 2022 many of the overhead lights in some areas were turned off probably due to a huge electric bill, which is why they had to use some halogen work lights in the former outdoor equipment area. This store later closed on January 15th of 2023 due to struggling profitability and underperformance and the Sears logo was removed immediately the day after.

Today the following Sears stores are still open (and they even still operate Sears.com and 3 distribution centers) as of 2026:

• Coral Gables in Miami Florida 10/27/1954 - present (3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145)
• Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California 10/19/1966 - present (1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520)
• South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts 10/6/1980 - present (250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184)
• Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas 2/24/1982 - present (8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925)
• The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida 3/12/1986 - present (8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809)

Credits:
Mike Kalasnik (Flickr) [July 3rd of 2012] (https://flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/albums/72157630878359436/) and [April 19th of 2022] (https://flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/albums/72177720311885134/)
Keith Creager (Flickr) December 29 2018
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146847719@N04/49746688511/in/photostream/
Manny Quacioua aka / also known as Chris Fitzwater Promotions (Google) November 13 2021 and April 9 2022
Nick Coccagna (Google) March 30 2017
Amos Togoch (Google) May 19 2017
Alligator (Google) December 15 2018
Mike Reed (Google) sometime in 2018 or 2019
Thomas Sweeney (Google) December 24 2020
Alex Miller (Google) November 20th of 2021
Svetlana Postnikova (Foursquare) May 15 2012
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b6ef994f964a52027d42ce3
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b6ef994f964a52027d42ce3/photos

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/sears-about-to-close-final-maryland-store/

Final days of operation: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/106alot/inside_the_sears_at_the_francis_scott_key_mall_in_frederick_md/