Retail apocalypse watch: Apple and Tesla won’t save dying malls

While Apple and Tesla are some of the hottest brands around, even they can’t stop the mallpocalypse. Not even Eataly’s promise of wine, cheese, and freshly made focaccia can get people to malls, it seems.Analytics firm Thasos has just released a new report revealing that foot traffic at U.S. malls has been dropping since last August, save for a small uptick during the holidays, CNBC first reported.Thasos used mobile phone data to track when consumers enter and leave certain trade areas, which is creepy as hell, but also provides a good idea of who is shopping and when. And things don’t look good based on its analysis of more than 100 million phones.