Tag: Malls
Pandemic magnifies mall woes
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the consumer shift to online shopping, and the strain is being felt more acutely at mall retailers because of...
R.I. malls finding new ways to get people in the door
In one area of Providence Place mall, a couple of small children are working intently in a toddler-size veterinary clinic, treating a gray stuffed...
Malls are not dead but retailers bracing for survival of fittest
The good news for local malls is their long-predicted demise, like Mark Twain’s prematurely reported death, has been exaggerated. The bad news is the...
Are local malls enough of an attraction to make you visit,...
Despite dire predictions of their imminent demise for much of the past decade, there are as many malls today nationally as there has ever...
Borrowers flee empty malls, and bond investors brace for fallout
NEW YORK - Things are getting worse for malls across America. So much worse that their owners are walking away early from struggling properties,...
Mall owners and retailers clash over avalanche of online returns
NEW YORK - Mall owners, already squeezed by e-commerce and spending billions on property makeovers to draw shoppers, have a new headache: retailers deducting...
Reports of retail’s death premature
Earlier this month, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reacted to news of rising mall vacancies by calling for help for the “millions of workers who...
If retail Is dying, why is money pouring into malls?
NEW YORK - If you are one of those people who thinks America’s retail industry is doing just fine, well, there are three possibilities:...