“COVID-19, Amazon and other e-commerce cause decline in shopping malls”

Ray Wimer, professor of retail practice in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the CNBC story “COVID-19, Amazon and other e-commerce cause decline in shopping malls.” In the video clip, Wimer, an expert on U.S. retail and management, explains why U.S. malls are disappearing. He says that malls were already in decline before COVID-19, but the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges in-person retailers face.