Shopping centers in Moscow are gradually turning into concrete wastelands: the proportion of empty spaces continues to grow. Clothing, electronics and home goods stores are mostly leaving malls as offline sales continue to decline. At the same time, shopping centers still cannot count on a massive arrival of new foreign brands: since the beginning of the year, only two small foreign chains have appeared in Moscow, experts note.

Shopping centers in Moscow are gradually turning into concrete wastelands: the proportion of empty spaces continues to grow. Clothing, electronics and home goods stores are mostly leaving malls as offline sales continue to decline. At the same time, shopping centers still cannot count on a massive arrival of new foreign brands: since the beginning of the year, only two small foreign chains have appeared in Moscow, experts note.