Quartier DIX30 Joins Peace Movement

Artist Catherine Juneau gave this Canadian center a place to foster mindfulness.

It's an honorable quest to think of others, but to do so you need the head space. That's usually tough to find when you're standing smack in the middle of a shopping center, while numerous retailers are vying for your attention. So when Quarter [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Broadway Plaza Scales Up

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Center says thank you to customers for sticking around through its redevelopment.

Macerich was recording $700 per sq. ft. in sales at Broadway Plaza when it decided that a major redevelopment was in order. Giving its affluent clientele in San Francisco's East Bay area more of everything—stores, amenities, a sustainable envi[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

How Do You Care for Special Needs Guests?

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UK center enhances its entertainment roster to ensure all customers are well served.

It is a question to which few retail centers have stellar answers, beyond offering mobility-friendly amenities. Riverside shopping center does provide easy access to its property, including for customers with special needs, but that's just one a[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Are Your Shoppers Cross-Booking Yet?

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French mall has a program in place to support customers’ literary explorations.

The cross-booking craze has hit shoppers at Rives d'Arcins in France's Greater Bordeaux area. Given that the center is an eco-friendly project on the Garonne riverbank, we can well imagine that it is an ideal spot to find a bench and lose onesel[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Palms Offers Special Needs Screening

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Mall’s accessibility strategy leads to a New Zealand first in mall entertainment.

Announcing the screening of a movie as popular as The Secret Life of Pets is like saying that your mall has a Santa onsite at Christmastime. It's not exactly a PR coup. The Palms might just be the only exception to that because the showing is no[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Social Media Peeps Lead to Meals for Kids

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Canadian mall uses low-tech/high-tech strategy to run its community fundraiser.

Devonshire Mall is trying out a two-pronged initiative to help children in need in its area. The Ontario, Canada, center is asking its shoppers to both visit in person and turn to their social networks to support its cause during Back to School.[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

These Students’ Work Life Starts at The Mall

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Hands-on program helps local students find the right career path.

The Mall Wood Green and the National Citizen Service (NCS) renewed their partnership earlier this summer to run The Challenge, a vocational program that gave youths ages 15 through 17 a taste of real-life work. More than 60 students from the Har[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Marlands Doubles Up Community Efforts

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Center celebrates 25th anniversary with Random Acts of Kindness campaign.

The Marlands management team hasn't spent too much time patting itself on the back for 25 years of successful trading. Instead, to celebrate the center's anniversary, they decided to put the spotlight on shoppers and the local community. At t[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Morguard Is Tapping into Girl Power

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Retail developer is committing resources and property space to supporting young girls.

The impact of self-belief and determination was on display at the recent Rio Olympic Summer Games, with several standout performances by teenage girls. Now that the events have wrapped up, Morguard and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC) [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Cadillac Fairview Stands with WE Movement

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Canadian mall developer’s back-to-school campaign focuses on youth-backed causes.

Once the end of summer is within sight, many students become consumed by back-to-school angst. It usually has to do with who their classmates will be, how they'll fit into the next grade's social scene, who they'll get as teachers, and how they'[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...