"It's just dead here." "The whole idea of bigger being better, I just don't think that's the case anymore." The Mall of Memphis has succumbed to ferocious competition from spiffier malls and big discount stores like Wal-Mart and Target. The mall's shops became "faddish," hustling "baggy pants one month, something else the next." Its failure "has to do with the disposability of the cities we're building." An Enormous Landmark Joins Graveyard of Malls | 
