These haunting photos reveal the retail apocalypse ripping through America

The retail apocalypse continues to tear through America.

More than 5,300 store closures have been announced so far in 2019, as Victoria’s Secret, JCPenney, and Gap shutter dozens of locations.

1,100 closures were announced in a single day in March. Ten retailers have filed for bankruptcy or liquidation so far this year.

The closures and bankruptcies are leaving their mark on malls and shopping centers around the country. Here’s photographic evidence that a retail apocalypse is hitting the US hard:

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