An unlikely survivor of the mall-pocalypse is Things Remembered, which appeals mainly to Millennial women with personalized gifts. In the age of Etsy, one analyst explains that people “still want to touch and feel merchandise, and that’s never going to go away”—hence the hanging on of Things Remembered stores. The mall staple is also keeping up with consumer demand by offering engravings in under an hour for Customization Nation, and by accompanying their retail presence with an “extremely robust online business.” (Racked)
