Forgotten Mall Stores

Shopping Malls are large indoor shopping centers anchored by Department Stores. It’s also where shoppers get the latest fashion trend and accessories for many occasions.
Since Online shopping emerged, many in-line mall stores (as well as anchors stores) have begun to suffer due to stiff competition, which caused many of them to shutter or be acquired by other competing companies.
The numerous closures of brick-and-mortar stores birth the name “Retail Apocalypse” in 2010 and caused many "Dead Malls to appear within the Past Decade."
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Merry-Go-Round
2:20 - Chess King
3:14 - Gantos
4:01 - Kinney Shoes
5:27 - Afterthoughts
6:17 - Wicks N' Sticks
7:07 - Discovery Channel Store
7:51 - The Sharper Image
8:42 - Warner Bro's Studio Stores
9:58 - Ruehl No. 925
11:19 - Anchor Blue Clothing
12:08 - Limited Too
13:02 - Teavana
14: 06 - Gadzooks
15:19 - Wet Seal
16:48 - Outro
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Script & Video Production: Rasheed Stevens (Sheednomics)
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(Video Links)
Opening Video: • Gwinnett Place Mall | ...
Mall Video: • River Falls Mall 1993
Mall Stock Footage: • Shopping Mall Stock Fo...
Mall Stock Footage (2): / retail.kid95
Jackie Brown Video: • Jackie Brown | Street ...
Merry-Go-Round Video: • 1995 Mall commercial (...
Merry-Go-Round Commercial: • 1984 - Merry Go Round ...
Chess King Commercial: • 1994 - Chess King - On...
Icing Video: • Shop With Me At Icing ...
Kinney Shoe Commercial: • Kinney Shoes commercia...
Foot Locker Footage: • FOOT LOCKER DUBAI MALL...
Discovery Channel Video: • Discovery channel store
Discovery Channel Video(2): • Discovery Channel Store
Sharper Image Video: • A Tour Around the Shar...
AOL Merger Video: • #TechThrowback 1/10/20...
Ruehl No. 925 Commercial: • Abercrombie and Fitch ...
Ruehl Store Tour: • Ruehl No.925 Store Exp...
Millers Outpost: • millers outpost commer...
Limited Too Commercial: • Limited Too Hide & Seek
Limited Too Website: • Shopping On Limited Too
Wet Seal Commercial: • Wet Seal Commercial
Wet Seal Commercial (2): • Wet Seal Model Search ...
Pictures and Articles (Credit not mentioned in the video)
www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mall...
www.businessinsider.com/store...
clickamericana.com/topics/pla...
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ghosts-of-retailers-past.fand...
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[@ThePirateprincess23]

I remember shopping at some of these stores. I loved shopping at the Warner Bros Store when I was a kid.

[@ShadeATV]

My local mall recently added a homage to stores that used to be in their mall to the old tee-shirt store that was there until last year 1:30 My mall didn’t have a Merry Go Round but they had a Silverman’s, which bought Merry Go Round 3:15 They had Gantos on their tribute list TWICE. I found that pretty funny 6:18 The emoloyee in my mall’s Wicks n Sticks photo looked so happy to be there! 12:15 My mall had both The Limited and Limited Too. Fun fact: Even though I’m only 15, I bought a faerie acara Neopets plushie on eBay. The funny thing is, I got it as a reward for being brave at a dentist appointment but I got it the very same day I got trapped in an elevator at school, she became my emotional support plushie for 3 months

[@undergroundretail]

Wicks n Sticks must've been paying pretty well lol 😂. Great Benefits lol

[@Steve.Cutler]

Camelot music and Aladins castle come to mind.

[@undergroundretail]

Great Suggestions!

[@pilotgrrl1]

Wow, there's a bunch of stores I hadn't thought about in years like Gantos!

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I’ve never heard of Gantos but that store sounds so cool 😎

[@pilotgrrl1]

@@PraveenSrJ01 It was somewhat like Contempo Casuals and Casual Corner (both long gone) but more upscale.

[@melasn9836]

I still miss the Warner Brothers Store, especially since I always preferred Looney Tunes/MGM/Hanna-Barbera to Disney.

[@susancorvalan6765]

Leather shoes at Kinneys! And made in USA!

[@undergroundretail]

👞

[@giancarlofelicianocastaned9316]

My local Wet Seal at Park City Mall opened as a Contempo Casual in 1994 and it is now a B•A•M!

[@kenman2266]

Structure. The buckle to name a couple

[@undergroundretail]

That's a great Suggestion! How could I forget them. 😃

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

Oh my god, I'm so glad that After Thoughts wasn't a fever dream, I seriously feel as if no one else remembers it!

[@undergroundretail]

We can never forget Afterthoughts! It's iconic.

[@saturdaisy8576]

I shopped there back in the 80’s, I loved that store!

[@PurplePuppy2006]

You’ve done it again Underground Retail, I liked how you put Gwennet Place Mall in the video, I watched some of your older videos and you seemed to have put a-lot of malls from Atlanta Georgia in them, because that’s the state I live in. Also I’ve never really heard of a lot of these stores the only two I can clearly remember is Wet Seal, and Teavana, and there others stores I remember too like Payless Shoe Source, Gymboree/Crazy 8, Brookstone, and probably more too. Thanks for making great memories to my childhood. Also I’m pretty sure The Toy Store won your pole in the commentary section can’t wait for that. 😊👍🏿

[@undergroundretail]

Thank You so much! I live in Atlanta myself, so I will always feature footage from Atlanta area Malls in the videos when I can. Those other stores you mentioned could be possible for a Part 2. if this video reaches over 5k views. You are correct Toy Stores are definitely in the lead.

[@PurplePuppy2006]

Oh cool you live in Atlanta too, the malls I like going to in Atlanta are Northlake Mall (childhood mall), Perimeter Mall, and Sugarloaf Mills, those two are our go to malls with my family. For footage of malls if a possible part 2, you should do Northpoint Mall Alpharetta GA, and for the future Mills Cooperation vid, you should do Sugarloaf Mills footage plz, because I haven’t been there since September and just wanted to see how that mall is doing in terms of possibly losing its 2000s color, Why Simon Property Group WHY!!!!!!!

[@PraveenSrJ01]

It is at about 700 views now

[@merylew4969]

You forgot Hallmark Stores and Naturalizer and 9 West shoe stores

[@MsDellis1]

Wicks and sticks always had music playing by "Air Supply"

[@LittleMissSunshine721]

Sharper Image had some really cool gadgets that I could never afford. Lol…

[@amandaeubanks7093]

Gadzooks was my actual jam!

[@undergroundretail]

Sucks that Forever 21 ended it 😞

[@margaretfogler1848]

I worked at Gantos in 1991. No one ever remembers the store when I bring it up.

[@undergroundretail]

Which location?

[@margaretfogler1848]

@@undergroundretail Kenwood Towne Center in Cincinnati.

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

Payless shoe source was a chain we had here in Australia until their closure In 2012

[@undergroundretail]

Good ole Payless! How could I forget them.

[@saturdaisy8576]

I worked for them for many years. It was sad to see it slowly go downhill, but we saw it coming

[@charlesconnolly8435]

i miss the warner bros store the circle centre mall used to have a warner bros store and an fao schwartz toy store. the castleton square mall used to have a suncoast and they had a hot topic store but by now i know the suncoast is long gone not sure about the hot topic store though.

[@mdf3530]

Aladdin’s Castle (arcade chain) Merle Harmon’s Fan Fair (sports apparel) County Seat (denim apparel) Florsheim Shoes Glamour Shots Disney Store B. Dalton Booksellers Waldenbooks

[@undergroundretail]

Great Suggestions! Check out our videos on Forgotten Bookstores and Toy Stores for some of these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3zVY2mdaMyJgZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqjQhpaAitWHqMk

[@mdf3530]

Gadzooks’ mistake was eliminating the young mens’ clothing to concentrate on girls. They were competing against several other stores in the same malls.

[@undergroundretail]

I totally Agree!

[@Stache987]

Steve and Barry's clothing, mostly under $5-10 items, I had a closet full. If I didn't buy it my then ex bought it for me. I turn 60 next September, they say t-shirts with sayings on them is for a younger generation, I disagree, I have a hard time finding shirts that would suit a biker or person who wears leather.. and I'm not talking mall purse and coats stores, I'm talking real bikers jackets like Schott NYC, my first jacket is hanging on the way out my bedroom door, bought for about $200 then, the replacement cost has tripled.

[@undergroundretail]

Steve and Barry's clothing can be found on this video 😃 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYmpZWCjgtqkd8U

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Unfortunately Cary Towne center is no more and closed about 18 months ago. It is very sad 😞

[@undergroundretail]

The one in North Caroline?

[@PraveenSrJ01]

@@undergroundretail yes

[@yell0wberry]

I miss Babagges

[@undergroundretail]

Awesome Suggestion!

[@markreamer5113]

A few I saw jogged my memory, but how about The Gap or The Wiz, F.Y.E (for your entertainment) , The Museum Company!

[@undergroundretail]

The Wiz and Museum Company are the only ones I don't see of anymore.

[@stevenj2380]

A good list and look back. Please correct your pronunciation of specialty, subsidiary and use of Warner Brothers (no matter how the sign abbreviated it).

[@undergroundretail]

Thank You! Working progress practice makes perfect! 🤩

[@stevenj2380]

@@undergroundretail cool . Thanks not meant to be harsh personal comment. Your voice comes across clearly well paced delivery too ould be an announcer's. voice. Kept me hanging on every word.

[@undergroundretail]

@@stevenj2380 No worries! We value all feedback to make our viewers happy 😊

[@Mrs.Doubtfire007]

I feel your pain. I kept having to rewind because I was asking myself what was I hearing? The entire thing was 1 example after the last of that's not a word, term, phrase, etc. to what kind of structure & syntax is this because this isn't how you structure a sentence, much less speak. If you listen just a little bit, you can pick up he has an "ebonic" or "urban accent", which probably explains everything. It's really surprising to hear in this video because he is so "articulate" in his other videos, almost as good as Obama.

[@codybrandoncargle3129]

Wow Discovery Store, Warner Brothers store, Sharper Image, Wet Seal, Limited Too, definitely seen any of those stores in years, it’s ashame I liked the Discovery Store and Warner Brothers a lot, all the other ones you mentioned never heard of or were before I was born in 1995, now Merry Go Round was my mom’s favorite growing up that was long gone, I don’t recall Gadzooks but I remember hearing and seeing that name when I was really little, that’s definitely stupid Forever 21 bought them out, I would have definitely shopped there before they did away with men’s clothing of course, and none of the malls in Georgia had Ruell stores owned by Abercrombie and Fitch, plus they definitely shoot themselves in the foot when they made fun of not just fat people but anybody with special needs in general, I am sure you could find a clip or article where the ceo that crap still somewhere on the internet, but yes malls are definitely dying, Arbor Place and Town Center at Cobb are definitely nothing like they used to be, Pier Park isn’t as nice as it used to be either, and it’s non enclosed shopping mall even, Destin Commons is hit or miss now, and Panama City Mall has been destroyed by Hurricane Michael of course, so with all of that being said it’s crazy to think how many long forgotten stores are out there! 🤔

[@undergroundretail]

Of course there are plenty more forgotten stores out there. Had to cut some of the stores out so this segment wouldn't be over 30 minuets hahaha. Ruehl sadly never entered the Atlanta market.

[@codybrandoncargle3129]

@@undergroundretail True lol good point and oh no wonder not surprising I just don’t see how any of the stores in the Atlanta area malls stay in business and make money with as much crime they get now, and the fact the economy alone along with Amazon is destroying it day by day of course! 🤔

[@nickwise9469]

Structure was my store lol

[@undergroundretail]

I forgot all about them! 😯

[@gloriadiaz6400]

Interesting information, but there are so many mispronunciations/misuses of words, it's distracting. Bros. is short for "brothers."

[@aliciamack9323]

I liked claires stores

[@undergroundretail]

Same here!

[@anitalonski2126]

What about record bar, Camelot music , 5 7 9

[@undergroundretail]

Great Suggestions!

[@beingL]

Wow, cd-rom is so outdated now. Hard to believe

[@undergroundretail]

Agreed! I thought I'd never see this day as well!

[@thomasreyes1565]

Cool I got here early

[@undergroundretail]

Woop Woop 🙌

[@PurplePuppy2006]

yes!!!!!! Mall stores, the good old days of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90, and even early 2000s. Sadly it’s not as popular as it once was, due to online shopping, how sickening. Don’t they relies that due to this that people are losing there jobs, here’s my point I want online shopping to still exist but I want there to be a balance of going out and online shop too. I don’t think malls will completely die from our world I think they will still exist with people still going on the weekends when it’s busy, but it will still decrease as the years start to come. Hopefully something bazar will happen and we start to see these stores that were once forgotten. Can’t wait till December 8th, see u then. 😊👍🏿

[@undergroundretail]

Thanks for tuning in and being a continued supporter of the channel. Some stores always decided to come back to e-commerce.

[@rahimi4762]

Dollar going down. Can’t afford. Not just online

[@Stache987]

Personally, I live where having to return something UPS because of dissatisfaction of a purchase is an hours drive away, just as the mall is.. sure, I'll go pick things out at the mall or major standalone retailers, then purchase it online.. but every gift one family member buys me is unreturnable as it doesn't fit or look well on me, the roommate only wears button up western shirts, so we take these gifts to thrift store whose proceeds benefit no kill pet shelters.

[@aliciamack9323]

I miss teavana like drinking tea samples at roosevelt field mall

[@undergroundretail]

I miss those too!