Gen Z is bringing shopping malls back to life
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
WIBC
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Nobody cares for you like family. |
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| 0:10.0 | The salesman in a colorful truck? |
| 0:11.7 | Or do you expect a highly trained expert with your best intentions in mind? |
| 0:14.6 | The answer is obvious. |
| 0:15.7 | Call the company that treats you like family. |
| 0:17.4 | My name's Malian. |
| 0:18.0 | I look forward to answering your call. |
| 0:19.4 | Family heating and air conditioning is your trusted local independent American standard heating and air conditioning dealer. |
| 0:23.8 | Nobody cares for you like family. Family heating and air. |
| 0:31.6 | Just to cost the way the island lost the sea. We've been told time and time again that malls are closing and they're no longer the place to be. |
| 0:43.3 | However, there was a new article that came out that said Gen C shoppers are helping to bring shopping malls back to life, this after years of decline, because the younger customers are spending more time and money |
| 0:55.7 | in person at malls rather than just online. Data suggesting that people between the ages of |
| 1:01.7 | 18 and 24 are still buying most of their merchandise in stores, which is far more than the older |
| 1:10.3 | generations. |
| 1:11.6 | I think part of this has to do with the fact that perhaps Gen Z is realizing that |
| 1:17.6 | doom scrolling alone in your apartment is depressing and that human beings actually like being |
| 1:23.6 | around other human beings. |
| 1:25.6 | And people also need somewhere to go that isn't just work or a bar and |
| 1:31.8 | Gen Z is starting to figure this out that they want a third space and they're going to the mall. |
| 1:38.6 | Isn't it always funny? The pendulum in society and as a culture and when you look at the different |
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