Opened in the '60s, this once-thriving and iconic Topeka, Kansas, mall was abandoned, and then met a fiery end and the wrecking ball by 2022.

An estimated 7,900 U.S. stores may close in 2026 as retailers contend with rising costs and shifting consumer habits.

Two decades after it opened, the mall predicted to be a “new downtown” in North Raleigh limps along, a ghost town with an uncertain future.

In 2005, Sears Holdings was one of the largest retailers in the world with more than 3,400 Sears and KMart locations combined ...

The retailer once had more than 3,400 Sears and KMart stores combined, but now has just five stores still open.