U.S. shopping-mall owners, already hit with store closures by longtime laggard Sears Holding Corp.

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This company operates as a mall-based specialty retailer in the U.S. It operates Finish Line stores that offer performance and athletic casual footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and kids.

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General Growth Properties ( GGP - news - people ), one of the largest mall owners in the U.S., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in one of the largest real estate failures in the country's history.

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In the U.S., the traditional shopping mall is part of a saturated market, thanks to big-box retailers and retail-industry consolidation that wiped once-popular anchor stores like Montgomery Ward from the landscape.

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Australia's Westfield, one of the world's biggest mall owners, has been closing the customer-service desks at some of its 47 U.S. malls in recent years, including, recently, the one in Trumbull.

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