I have been bombarded with news stories speculating on the mall’s new proposition, and I suddenly had a 25-year-old flashback. The aha moment reminded me just how long these so-called new propositions have been gestating. Mall Fall Deep in my […]
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The modern airport has become a version of cold war Berlin — a city divided. In the biz it’s called landside and airside, separated by the wall of security and our version of Check-Point Charlie. The Stasi-like TSA guards bark
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So far, malls have not had an easy year – but some shopping centers have managed to thrive despite the category’s wider challenges. We looked at retail foot traffic data from five high-performing malls throughout the country to understand what
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America’s mid-20th Century suburban sprawl drove the first big wave of shopping center growth. With that, locally based single-store merchants who thrived in bustling downtowns saw huge opportunities to follow their customers to the “burbs” to cash in on the
America’s Preeminent Mega-Mall Has Always Been Thinking Big…and Small Read More »
