Toys Galore

Customers, friends and family rally to support Blue Marlin Realty Group’s toy drive for sick children.

The Blue Marlin Realty Group made things a little easier for children waiting at the Sacred Heart Hospital of the Emerald Coast’s emergency room last holiday season. The Florida-based company’s staff donated more than 100 toys to the unit, w[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Puppets to the Rescue

Community Room, Fundraisers

Actress Małgorzata Socha fronts Polish center’s drive to raise funds for the Dr. Clown Foundation and bring comic relief to ill children.

It doesn’t hurt to have a celebrity in your corner if you’re going to battle for exposure during the holidays. That’s especially true when you are trying to convince shoppers to support your charity fundraising efforts over one of the hund[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Busy Hands, Warm Hearts

Charity Partnerships, Community Room

Opera House’s pantomine show cast members pull volunteer shifts at the mall’s charity gift-wrapping station.

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. No quite, but during the holidays people like to believe in the words of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. That’s why last year, the UK’s Manchester Arndale and a few magical moments planne[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Art Student Shop Pops Up at Princes Mall

Charity Partnerships, Community Room

Young social entrepreneurs popped up at the Princes Mall last November to kick off the holiday season and raise money for charity.

The crew of 13 third-year students from the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) took the meager £120 (just over $185) seed fund that they had obtained from their textiles course teacher and used it to set up their three-day Pass The Parcel pop-up sh[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Shoppers Bid on Photo Shoots for Charity

Community Room, Fundraisers

People’s love of holiday photos make winter and school a little easier for homeless and low-income children.

Every October, people flock to child photographer Kim Lowe’s Two Birds Web page to bid on a professional holiday card photo shoot for their kids. What draws them to the site is that they not only have the services of a stylist and a hair/ make[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

21 Million People’s Junk Becomes their Treasure

Community Room, Sustainability

Mercado de Trueque could prove become one of the City of Mexico’s best tactics to prevent 12 million tonnes of trash from ending up in the landfill each year, allowing people to swap their junk for fresh local produce

You don’t need to actually make it onto the Hoarders reality show to be guilty of junk piling. Just ask the 21 million residents of Mexico City. They produce 12 million tonnes of solid trash annually and only recycle 12 percent of it. But the [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Picking Up the Pace

Community Room, Fundraisers

Sport Chek’s community run for charity is accommodating a growing number of participants every year, thanks to Chinook Centre’s ongoing support.

Chinook Centre is about to turn itself into racing headquarters for the third year in a row when it hosts the Sport Chek Mother’s Day Run & Walk on May 12. If previous editions are any indication, the event should bring more than 15,000 runner[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Odd Couple No More

Community Room, Sustainability

K11 Eco Home is among the projects that developers are using to explore the integration of architecture and nature.

If you’re a retail real estate building professional looking for a roommate, a naturist might not be your first choice. But New World Developments (NWD) will do its best to change your mind with its K11 Mall concept, which it created as an eng[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Sit Back and Relax

Community Room, Sustainability

An eco-friendly playground is at the core of Malibu Country Mart’s Green Initiative Program as it works towards LEED certification.

You won’t find too many stressed-out moms and dads on Malibu Country Mart’s playground. Parents there are pretty laid back and let their kids roll around in the grass and touch whatever equipment they want, and possibly even eat the grass. T[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

In the Land of the Rising Sun

Community Room, Sustainability

Starting in Osaka and heading for Tokyo, ICSC study tour found Japan’s malls aggressively ramping up eco-initiatives.

Last December’s ICSC study tour of Japan’s leading malls covered a lot of ground. On the outlets front, the group visited MOP Iruma and MOP Jazz Dream Nagashima, two of 10 centers in Mistui Outlet Park’s (MOP) extensive Japanese outlet net[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...