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Spirit Halloween fills empty storefronts with seasonal shops
Original: Spirit Halloween brings vacant storefronts back from the dead
Spirit Halloween is once again occupying vacant retail spaces across the US, opening its temporary Halloween stores in storefronts left empty by closed retailers. The seasonal chain has become a familiar signal of the struggles facing brick-and-mortar shopping, transforming dead retail space into pop-up shops each autumn. Its expansion is being read as both a sign of mall and strip-mall vacancies and a clever real estate model.
Why now: The seasonal retailer's use of empty stores highlights ongoing concerns about retail vacancies and store closures.
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