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I stopped by Mall St. Vincent the other day to grab lunch at Piccadilly. It's so sad to see how empty the mall is. Many malls across the Shreveport area are struggling to attract shoppers and stores.

Northwest Louisiana had several vibrant malls in years gone by. South Park Mall was a big attraction back in the 80's and even had a movie theater. Pierre Bossier Mall also attracted big crowds. Mall St Vincent and Pierremont Mall on Line Avenue was an upscale specialty shopping destination. My boys loved going in Toy Fair to see all the great hands-on educational toys.

The malls were bustling and packed with people especially on weekends. But shopping trends started to change. Retail experts will say we built too many malls. But folks with the National Retail Federation say the shopping trends are changing.

But one of the big problems was the death of those big anchor stores. As retail giants like Walmart started to attract crowds, the big stores like Sears and Montgomery Ward started to struggle.

And the final blow came with e-commerce. Folks can now sit at home and but things they want without ever leaving home.

When Did Malls Die

Most of them started to fade in the late 1990's and that continued until the early 2000's when many malls were left with many empty stores. But in 2008 when the economy crashed, the malls could not recover and they were dying all over the nation.