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15 Iconic Stores That Vanished With America’s Malls

Look back at the stores you spent your teen years in.

By Neill Lynskey

Published 5 months ago

The handwriting for the death of the American mall has been on the wall for awhile, but no one talks about the stores inside of it. 


Hot Topic, Claire's, Sam Goody and more were all places that the teens of the nineties and two-thousands spent countless afternoons browsing, buying and wasting time to avoid their parents. But just about all of them have disappeared without a trace. 


Scroll through and see some brands that will probably activate some core memory from a weird high school afternoon. 

  • 1

    Hot Topic

    The iconic, awful look of the 2000s.

    Hot Topic

  • 2

    Gadzooks

    The Forever 21 of the 2000s.

    Gadzooks

  • 3

    Brookstone

    Holding on for dear life in airports.

    Brookstone

  • 4

    KB Toys

    Even it's bigger brother Toys'R'Us is dead.

    KB Toys

  • 5

    Imaginarium

    They just couldn't imagine a good business strategy.

    Imaginarium

  • 6

    County Seat

    The denim haven of the 90s.

    County Seat

  • 7

    Claire's

    The store that literally punched holes in children's ears.

    Claire's

  • 8

    Sharper Image

    Ironically, technology was their doom.

    Sharper Image

  • 9

    Miller's Outpost

    They don't even have one last outpost.

    Miller's Outpost

  • 10

    Contempo

    They are not even close to contemporary anymore.

    Contempo

  • 11

    Wet Seal

    How could they fail with a name like that?

    Wet Seal

  • 12

    Deb

    The home of cheap prom dresses.

    Deb

  • 13

    B. Dalton

    The little brother of Barnes and Noble.

    B. Dalton

  • 14

    EB Games

    They couldn't pull off the GameStop stock surge.

    EB Games

  • 15

    Sam Goody

    The CD store murdered by the iPod.

    Sam Goody

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