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How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town

From 2010 to 2014, commercial rents in the most-trafficked Manhattan shopping corridors soared by 89 percent, according to ­CBRE Group, a large real-estate and investment firm. But retail ... one woul... read more

American retail icon Sears files bankruptcy

"For these mall owners, it would certainly be more negative than positive if Sears were to close overnight," said Jason Baker, co-founder of Houston-based retail ... from Sears. Over the years however ... read more

A tale of retail: The shopping mall

Victor Gruen went to his grave cursing the structures for which he became famous — the enclosed shopping center, better known as “the mall.” The renowned architect came to America in 1938 after fleein... read more

Sears' 'radical' past: How mail-order catalogs subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow

Monday's announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant's collapse ... the option of shopping at white-owned ... read more

Reinventing retail: Developers thinking outside the box to try and save local malls

But as brick-and-mortar stores face growing competition from online shopping, some mall owners are trying to reinvent the retail experience. Over the past couple of decades, Southern New Englanders wi... read more

How the Sears’ catalog helped fight Jim Crow

Monday’s announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant’s collapse ... option of shopping at white-owned gen... read more

Sears Is Not a Failure

To appreciate the rise and fall of Sears, the retail giant that filed for bankruptcy ... built better tools for observing and anticipating shopping habits and tastes. The end of Sears is sad for the m... read more

No, Malls Are Not Dying

"Shopping malls dying ... over the next four years will be more beneficial to brick-and-mortar retail than past administrations. We believe that the Trump administration's policies will be oriented, a... read more

Witch City Mall upkeep drawing complaints

"The relationship has gotten better (between the property's owners and City Hall), but they still have ... Welcome to Witch City Mall, a retail center in downtown Salem that's struggling to keep pace ... read more

A Viennese Architect Pioneered the American Shopping Mall. Then He Became Its No. 1 Critic.

This week's edition—about the Viennese architect who pioneered the American shopping mall—can be played below. Or keep reading to learn more. Retail ... So the mall was his compromise: Shoppers had to ... read more

REITerating Our Conviction On High Quality Retail REITs: Malls

We believe the recent collapse in mall and shopping center REIT share prices ... malls and speak of Amazon as if it will take over the world, a casual investor might think that a majority of retail sa... read more