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Gen Z is bringing shopping malls back to life - Monroeville Mall Admin Team - 10-02-2026
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Artifact: Gen Z is bringing shopping malls back to life
Type: Press / Social Media
Year: 2026
Submitted by: Monroeville Mall Admin Team
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/26/gen-z-retail-shopping-malls-resurgence/89233505007/
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Article date: 2026-03-26
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Gen Z is making shopping malls cool again Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the increase in traffic to indoor malls. It rose 4.5% in January and February as compared to the previous year. The '80s are calling and its not to Gen X. Shopping malls – once the mainstay of teens during the 1980s and 1990s – are enjoying a resurgence. And it's thanks to Gen Z shoppers who are cravi...
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*Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the increase in traffic to indoor malls. It rose 4.5% in January and February as compared to the previous year.*
The '80s are calling and its not to Gen X.
Shopping malls – once the mainstay of teens during the 1980s and 1990s – are enjoying a resurgence. And it's thanks to Gen Z shoppers who are craving in-person and social outlets over online shopping conveniences.
Annabelle Saco, 24, of Bloomfield, Michigan, does a combination of shopping online and at the mall – and she's seen an increase of shoppers her age in those spaces.
"The mall is an experience," Saco told USA TODAY. "You go there and you see all differ...
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How Gen Z Is Bringing Back The Mall - Monroeville Mall Admin Team - 10-02-2026
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Artifact: How Gen Z Is Bringing Back The Mall
Type: Video
Year: 2026
Submitted by: Monroeville Mall Admin Team
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=jcIqL3LZix-6-raI&v=yDGW8hgBMAg&feature=youtu.be
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Over the last decade, malls were left for dead, casualties of e-commerce and shifting consumer habits, with the pandemic seemingly sealing their fate. Gen Z, however, is bringing malls back, reviving them as social hubs and retail meccas.
Teens Sick of Their iPhones Are ‘Mallmaxxing’: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featur...
The mall is cool again, with stores like Edikted and Princess Polly luring a new generation that is eager to shop in real life and show off hauls online.
Against all odds, the mall is winning over American teens: they’re getting their ears pierced; they’re buying jewelry; they’re trying on outfits that make their parents shudder; they’re even learning to stand in line and hang out IRL.
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