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Shopping malls
For retailers, reopening means rethinking everything about a store
May 5, 2020
Precautions will likely start at the door as customers return to nonessential retailers. Shopping will be a different experience.
The rising demand for Santas of color
by
Janet Nguyen
Dec 23, 2019
Some events and businesses are trying to move away from typical portrayals of Santa.
Holiday shopping in full swing at one Montana mall
Dec 13, 2019
A mall with a twist is celebrating a promising holiday shopping season.
When the mall "anchor" is a medical center
by
Amy Scott
Sep 13, 2019
More shopping centers are turning to non-retail tenants.
How turning retail space into office space could pay off in Butte, Montana
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Apr 23, 2019
A call center is bringing new hope — and jobs — to a burdened mall.
Experiential shopping doesn't seem to be helping malls
by
Ben Bradford
Apr 16, 2019
A new study shows that adding experiential stores to malls doesn't seem to be increase customer foot traffic.
A Montana mall gets another chance
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Jan 16, 2019
After years of watching department stores fall, a mall turns to the mixed-use concept.
For public good, not for profit.
Higher tariffs on consumer goods resonate at a Texas Walmart
by
Andy Uhler
Aug 2, 2018
On Wednesday, the Trump administration unveiled a proposal for even higher tariffs on many consumer goods imported from China. We went to a shopping center in Austin, Texas, to find out what buyers of those goods thought about the plan. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
A mall in Montana lost its department store ... again
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Jul 30, 2018
When managing a shopping center, "every day is a fresh opportunity for creative problem solving."
As retailers shutter stores, mall operators fight back
by
Erika Beras
Jan 3, 2018
This year could see thousands of additional store closures in malls across the country, according to a new study from commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield. That’s on top of some 9,000 store closings last year. Mall operators are trying a variety of options to secure their own future. Click the audio player above […]