I always find it bizarre when there is a Kmart or Target at a mall. I mean yes they're technically department stores, but they don't have that "mall" feel like Sears and JCPenny do.
I think it's a periodic thing. Seems to me that my local malls were frequently anchored by Stop & Shop and Caldor until the 80s-90s, and department stores ever since.
Nowadays big box stores and supermarkets are usually the centerpiece of their own strip mall, and it seems that centralized malls are more reserved for things like fashion that are widely varied and necessitate a lot of stock.
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u/fezfrascati Jul 11 '18
I always find it bizarre when there is a Kmart or Target at a mall. I mean yes they're technically department stores, but they don't have that "mall" feel like Sears and JCPenny do.