Full STEAM Ahead at Tuttle Crossing

Ohio mall to unveil a brand new themed gathering place for kids and their families.

In a couple of days, The Mall at Tuttle Crossing will host the grand opening of its new play area and toddler zone. At a soft launch last week, a few children had a chance to try out the installations and, as it turns out, learn something, too. [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Consumers on the Run

Marketing Research

GfK surveyed people’s attitudes toward materialism around the globe.

Despite the ever growing number of retail destinations, brands, and product lines available to them, the one thing that consumers are having trouble sourcing is time—for themselves, family, and meaningful experiences. That's the overwhelming t[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Lounging Around in Times Square

Amenities, Customer Service

Times Square gives its visitors a place to meet, pause, and socialize.

If you've ever flown over New York's Times Square, you might have noticed that the intersection at Broadway and 7th Avenue looks like a big X. That has inspired "XXX Times Square with Love," a hangout area made of three X-shaped loungers that ca[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Vocational Mall Gives Students Pathways

Charity Partnerships, Community Room

New center created to support college-aged youths with learning disabilities.

While some educational institutions are experimenting with satellite campuses and high-tech learning labs in shopping centers, one new program is proposing the opposite: a mini-mall inside a school to offer students an enriched curriculum. La[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Little Free Library Opens in Aventura

Amenities, Customer Service

Aventura Mall’s new amenity will spark a series of special events for all ages.

Take a book, return a book—the concept is simple. Now Aventura Mall in Florida has officially joined the open community library movement with a new offering: little libraries shaped like miniature houses. These give shoppers access to dozens o[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Shoppers to Join Big Ride for Life

Community Room, Fundraisers

Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike headed to the mall.

With sunshine in the forecast, the Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon should do very well this weekend when it invites mall shoppers to hop on its Big Bike and help raise funds for life-saving research. The Heart&Stroke Big Bike is a fun[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Hildreds Closes the Waste Loop

Community Room, Sustainability

UK center partners with F&B tenant to tackle food waste.

The Hildreds shopping center's environment is about to get a lot more visually pleasing. The Skegness, UK, mall's team recently got busy putting together hanging baskets that should be bursting with color all summer long. More than ornamental fl[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Dining Out at Belmont Forum

Development News, Shopping Center Business

Perron Group hits another milestone in its WA redevelopment project.

Belmont Forum is making good on its promise to offer shoppers in its catchment and those coming from further afield an enhanced experience, especially when it comes to food. On track with its A$65 million (US$48.8m) redevelopment plan, the Austr[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

This Mall’s Jungle Book Décor Is Actually Cake

Décor Themes, Design Studio

The set was on display at The Mall Walthamstow to mark National Children’s Day.

Last weekend, shoppers who dropped by The Mall Walthamstow (UK) got to feast their eyes on a most scrumptious décor: a giant Jungle Book scene made entirely out of cake. Sylvia Elba and her team of bakers at Cutiful Cakes pieced together the 15[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Bensadouns to Fund New School of Retail

Retailer Roundup

A $25 million donation will help establish an experiential learning center.

Come September 2018, one of Canada’s top universities will welcome a new cohort of students eager to learn about retailing, and it’s all thanks to a very generous donation related to a famous alumnus. That patron is Aldo Bensadoun, founde[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...