Shopping Centers and Malls

December 16, 2023

Shoplifting at Filene’s Department Store

How I was banned from Filene’s department store. The Northshore Mall, in Peabody, Mass., was the mall. Our mall. The competing mall, Liberty Tree, a mile […]
September 13, 2023

Watch Boutiques Blossom in the Digital Age

Online sales continue to be a focus, but brands are having a hard time finding enough days for all their ribbon cuttings. In 2017, when Georges […]
June 21, 2023

Hidden in a Mini-Mall in Flushing, a Home for Art

In a Queens neighborhood with a diverse community of East Asian immigrants, an unlikely exhibition in an unexpected place offers a sense of belonging. The flier […]
May 9, 2023

Can Literal Mall Rats Save the Mall?

Animal centers have been cropping up in shopping centers across the country, taking advantage of retail space offered at discounted rates. When Alia Mahmud visited Westfield […]
March 4, 2021

Ministry of Supply Sold Office Apparel. It Has Had to Rethink Things.

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December 29, 2020

Retailing’s Tumultuous Year Began Before the Pandemic

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Retailing’s Tumultuous Year Began Before the Pandemic The industry employs millions of people, […]
December 17, 2020

Auctioning Off a Dead Mall

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November 26, 2020

New Jersey’s American Dream Mall Is Still Waiting to Fully Open

When the American Dream mall, a massive shopping and entertainment complex next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., finally opened its doors to the public […]
October 11, 2020

Need to Find a Pandemic Necessity? There’s Now a Store for That

LONE TREE, Colo. — Darcy Velasquez and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall about 15 miles south of downtown Denver, […]
July 23, 2020

Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant Owner Ascena Retail Files for Bankruptcy

The owner of Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant, which just a few years ago was one of the country’s largest clothing retailers for women and girls, […]