It's interesting that shopping malls are still very popular in other countries. Hong Kong, for instance, is practically one big mall. In, e.g., Poland, France, the Czech Republic, or Slovenia, just about every town has its own mall, and the larger cities often have malls within the tourist district itself. (e.g. this monster in the middle of Prague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_(Prague) )
The decline of the mall is an American thing, and its reasons are not entirely clear. I'd say there are a few plausible contributing factors: Most other countries lack all-in-one stores like WalMart/Target. To put it gently, Americans are... well... larger than other people, and they're less likely to care about what they wear or how their clothes fit, so they're perhaps more likely to buy clothes online rather than in shops. America has a low-level crime/safety problem that most Asian/European countries do not.
The decline of the mall is an American thing, and its reasons are not entirely clear. I'd say there are a few plausible contributing factors: Most other countries lack all-in-one stores like WalMart/Target. To put it gently, Americans are... well... larger than other people, and they're less likely to care about what they wear or how their clothes fit, so they're perhaps more likely to buy clothes online rather than in shops. America has a low-level crime/safety problem that most Asian/European countries do not.