Mall Stores You May Have Loved!

40 thoughts on “Mall Stores You May Have Loved!”

1. I was a Radio Shack Store Manager from 1980 thru 1991. Shopping Malls in the '80's were THE Central Hub of American Life, with countless throngs in attendance everyday, ESPECIALLY on weekends. Thanks for this trip down Memory Lane. Cheers!

2. Someone that is 16 Today couldnt even imagine a Mall wich is very Sad.

3. RIP HASTINGS 😭

4. im glad our malls in the Dallas area are still open! most since the 80s. and still have Dipping Dots! 🙂

5. Aladdin's Castle was my favorite arcade! They had the best games!

6. It’s not difficult to get nostalgic and feel a little melancholy when watching videos of this nature. The 70’s, 80’s and even into the 90’s were the best times for going to the mall and shopping at these stores and so many others that are no longer with us. So sad. 😞

7. Going to the mall every weekend was a treat for my brothers and I when we were younger. It was a routine my father got into after him and my mother divorced. Because he was so busy during the week with work he'd bring us to the mall to look around and if we were good we'd get something.

   Our mall wasn't/isn't as big as malls in other places. But we did have a decent selection of stores at the time. Our visit always started with parking at HILLS where we'd make our way through first. We'd also go look in Babbages as well when computers were becoming more popular. The same went for Electronics Boutique.

   As kids, besides the electronics department in HILLS our favorite stores in the mall were K B Toys as well as the toy section in Service Merchandise. We also liked looking at all of the whacky stuff and parts in Radio Shack. Sometime in the later 90's we also got a Toys R Us that ended up closing just a few years after it opened. Looking in SEARS was also a big thing for my father because he was always looking for some new tool to buy. 🙂

8. I would rather shop at a mall than shop online

9. Boy do I miss Payless shoes!!!

10. I've been working at a mall part time (2nd gig) since the 80s. Something about being in a mall. Meet great people and see the lastest merch first. And good discounts.

11. I miss Ormonds. That was my go to store. Although due to some scandalous person, alot of stores closed.

12. So many memories!! I looked forward to going to the local malls(Memphis) as a kid in the 70's. When i learned to drive(1985), me and my family or my buddies used to go to malls to check out the girls. When i was in the Navy(San Diego, Long Beach, and Lakewood, CA), the mall was like a 2nd home. Now some of the malls that are still around are half empty.

13. I was surprised Kmart was not mentioned.

14. I also liked Kmart. I really miss Kmart and WOOLWORTH.

15. I remember them when I was a kid

16. Marshall Field's is still missed by Chicagoans. Macy's doesn't even come close.

17. I can’t remember if you mentioned Wet Seal or not.

18. I miss Payless shoes

19. Radio Shack – famous for asking you for your name, address and telephone number to purchase double-A batteries.

20. I used to love malls in the 80s as a teenager. There was actually a lot to do if you were a boy or someone who wasn't dripping with cash. There were music stores, book stores, game stores, arcades, sporting goods and novelty stores like Spencer's Gifts. Now when I go to malls, I see way more high-end stores selling jewelry, luxury brands, Apple stores, etc. There would literally not be anything I would be interested in or could afford if I were a teenaged boy today. Something else I used to see were lines at the registers and people carrying bags of stuff they bought everywhere. Now most people in these fancy malls walk around with empty hands, maybe an ice cream cone.

21. I'd go 2 the mall just ta eat and watch the babes

22. Chess King anyone?

23. Spencer’s was always a fun store to go to in the mall. Always looking at the black light posters.

24. I remember a bakery in the mall called Tiffany’s it was so good but I can’t find anything about it. Are they still in business?

25. Merry-Go-Round clothing, Up Against the Wall

26. Omg Crossroads mall!!! Spent many many hours there 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

27. Modern malls are still popping up and thriving in many parts of the world.

28. Im sure buying a Formula 1 team helped Bennetons downfalls

29. Things Remembered was always an easy Christmas go to

30. There is a radio shack in Orlando that is still open. I guess it’s a franchise.

31. much better times in America

32. Yes I miss the mall so much..seeing the stores..the kiosks..but wgat really made it a mall is the real arcades they had back in 80s!

33. I have been to a few of these stores probably all of them back then I would walk around the malls. I remember radio shack being a good place to find things you don't know were to find specific things and end up discovering more useful great things. Now the other store you know for sure what you going to find and that was also great. Especially when they have video games also that tends to sell out in other stores at the time. Good times. Cool video. ^_^

34. The Gap! EXpress

35. FOXMOOR

36. Australia (Melbourne), our shopping centres are doing fine. I think America just needs to stop building them.

37. No cell phones, no internet,
    Everyone was at the mall on the weekends.
    I'd love to go back to 1975 and hit the reset button

38. The JC Penny Outlet store was a good one for finding odd pants that I couldn't find elsewhere, circa 2004. Going farther back in time, Waldenbooks and Thornbury's Toys were two from my younger days in the '80s.

39. Pretty girls stores

40. Nobody beats the wiz. J&R music. Pc Richards & sons. Calidor, Virgin music stores

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