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New Bayfair Initiative Protects Pets from the Heat of Summer

Amenities, Customer Service

Image credits: Bayfair Shopping Centre

Centre hopes to keep dogs safely out of hot cars this summer.

There are a lot of things you shouldn't leave unattended in your vehicle while you shop: electronics, keys, other valuables, and - of course - helpless living creatures. Each summer brings with it a new campaign to raise awareness of just how da[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Celebrity Designers Create All-New Parents’ Room for Robina Town Centre

Amenities, Celebrity Appearances, Customer Service

Robina Town Centre sought out well-known designers Ayden and Jess for its latest family-friendly efforts.

Ayden and Jess Hogan are celebrity designers whose talents have been highlighted on Australia's The Block Triple Threat and Reno Rumble. They're also a married couple with two children, so they were a natural choice when Robina Town Centre went [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Mall Photobooth: A Relic No More

Amenities, Customer Service

Faneuil Hall Marketplace’s newly high-tech booth allows users to upload their photos to social media pages or e-mail them to friends.

For a while there, it looked like the typical mall instant photo booth was destined to become the stuff of memorabilia, like diner jukeboxes. But makers of the portable units are catching up to modern times. After jazzing up old booths with imag[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Looks Real, Feels Real

Amenities, Customer Service

The Boulevard opens synthetic ice rink to introduce its culturally diverse clientele to one of Canada’s favorite pastimes.

You can’t fool Canadians when it comes to two of their favorite things: ice-skating and hockey. So The Boulevard didn’t even try. Instead, the Montreal shopping center asked former Montreal Canadiens hockey player Georges Laraque, a few expe[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Pearlridge Powers Up

Amenities, Customer Service

Hawaii shopping center launches sponsor-backed electric vehicle charging program.

There are usually two states of mind that drivers display when they pull up to a pump: dismay or resignation. Pearlridge Center did away with both recently, provoking excitement instead when it unveiled two electric vehicle (EV) charging station[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Salon in the Restrooms

Amenities, Customer Service

With the right amenities and decor, your mall restrooms could be one more reason for shoppers to linger longer.

Here’s an interesting little idea coming out of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow, Scotland. The center has made hair straighteners available to shoppers in the ladies’ washrooms for those last-minute touch-ups. Some more beauty kit items you[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

One for the Boys

Amenities, Customer Service, Services

Mall turns 5,000sq.ft. empty mall shop into the Men’s Den, a drop-off center of sort for those seeking shelter the holiday mayhem.

No matter how hard she tried, the female shopper that the Pickering Town Centre (PTC) concierge found peering through the window of the holiday Men’s Den wasn’t getting her husband’s attention. Sunk into a recliner, he was fully engrossed [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Putting Down Roots

Amenities, Community Room, Customer Service, Services, Sustainability

The village at Fairview community garden to provide food for the needy.

The idea of a shopping center being “the third place” has been vigorously challenged in recent years. Consumers seem increasingly unwilling to assign that role, or give so much importance, time and money, to any one location, be it brick-and[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Dogs Rule

Pooches are the guests of honor at The Village at Allen’s Canine Commons Dog Park.

Couples or anyone else with pet separation anxiety can shop easy at The Village at Allen in Texas, USA. They can take their pooch along with them and head to Canine Commons Dog Park (Canine Commons), which happens to be located in the parking lo[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Back from the Brink

Amenities, Customer Service, Services

Corporate partners can help foot the promo Bill.

Story by Myriam Beaugé You can always tell when a centre is about to go bust. Popular retailers that should be sure winners begin to close their doors, peak-hour footfall drops and clearance sales become the most attended events. As produ[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

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