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Why developers are turning to shopping malls to fix the housing crisis
05 Dec 2024 17:48 GMT
Say hello to life at the mall.
The classic American mall is undergoing a dramatic transformation as real estate developers swap out dying department stores for apartments, ushering in an era where living at the mall could soon become a new norm.
Some U.S. …
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A front-row look at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
17 Nov 2024 15:19 GMT
E.A. Kahane was hooked on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade long before she saw it in person. The native New Yorker and a group of friends gathered annually at West 72nd Street and Central Park West the night before to watch the parade’s beloved oversized …
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Help Children in Need This Christmas in Texarkana at Santa Store
14 Nov 2024 22:01 GMT
Domestic Violence Prevention, Inc. of Texarkana is gearing up for its 2024 Santa Store Christmas program which provides its clients the opportunity to Christmas shop for their children.
Donations Needed
DVP will fill the store with new, unwrapped, age- …
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Macy's to close San Francisco store — workers blame city's shoplifting crisis: 'It happens every day'
28 Feb 2024 16:30 GMT
Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin released a statement Tuesday announcing Macy's plans to close its Union Square location.
Peskin stated that he was "devastated" to learn that Macy's will shut down 150 …
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Retailers see RFID technology as solution to theft crisis
26 Jul 2024 04:02 GMT
New research released by Avery Dennison has revealed that almost two-thirds of large retailers in the UK and US agree that the impact of theft has reached a crisis point, with 21 per cent of respondents indicating RFID technology as one of the most …
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San Francisco's business hub is deserted with eerie footage showing boarded up shops, for lease signs and empty sidewalks after spiraling crime and homelessness drove businesses out
04 Jun 2024 01:42 GMT
The desolate reality of San Francisco's hollowed out city center has been laid bare by footage showing every store in an entire retail block shuttered and empty.
Lloyd Chapman of the American Small Business League visited the city's once-thriving …
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As their customers age, department stores chase younger shoppers
20 May 2024 16:30 GMT
Department stores are aging — and so are their customers.
For over a century, the stores won over multiple generations with a promise to sell shoppers a wide variety of everything. For many Millennial and Gen Z consumers, that hasn’t been enough — …
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‘It’s insanity,’ says CVS shopper finding single tube of toothpaste locked up – as multiple stores ‘1 step from closing’
22 Apr 2024 22:39 GMT
OFFICIALS warn that retail theft has risen even more this year, leading to a troubling trend of empty storefronts in major cities.
Over the last year, many chain stores such as CVS, Rite Aid, and Target have voiced alarm at the losses they have faced from …
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The Body Shop Is Closing All U.S. Stores After Filing for Bankruptcy
11 Mar 2024 20:01 GMT
If you think back to a trip to the mall even just a few years ago, there's a good chance many of the stores you remember seeing wouldn't be around today. Drastic changes in the retail industry have seen many shops scale back their brick-and-mortar …
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Both Dems and GOP 'Completely Silent' as Macy's Guts Workforce After Rewarding Wall Street
29 Feb 2024 14:36 GMT
As the iconic 166-year-old department store chain Macy's this week announced a "bold new chapter" including a pivot to luxury stores, the closing of 150 locations across the United States in the coming years, and more than 2,300 layoffs, one …