“The lawsuit is not the problem. It’s the perception of people that they’re unsafe if they go to that mall,” a retail expert said, “and they’ll stop coming.”
From Northlake Mall to Minneapolis to San Francisco, violence - particularly among juveniles - risks sending cities and stores into a descending spiral towards uninhabitableness.
The mall's owner claims the clothing store left the mall in violation of the store's lease. But American Eagle claims the mall isn't safe anymore for business.