PTC Celebrates Fall Bounty

While several shopping centers are dressed for Pink October, this Canadian mall is getting a jump on Halloween.

Pickering Town Centre’s (PTC) weekly Farmers’ Market is drawing to a close for the year, so the Canadian mall will celebrate another successful season tomorrow with its fifth annual Halloween Harvest Festival. Shoppers will find 26 different[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

A Rainforest Comes to Life at Robina Town Centre

Entertainment, Special Events

School holiday events bring Australia’s stunning local environments indoors.

When families come to visit Robina Town Centre over the school holidays, they'll find an environment transformed. Center Court has become a living rainforest, complete with hundreds of native Australian plants. It's part of the center's 'Your[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Retail Breakthrough: The Simon SAID Blog

Mall Websites, Technology Lab

The U.S.-based real estate developer has a new lifestyle blog that will give established online destinations a run for their share of consumer eyeballs and engagement.

Simon Property Group (Simon) is seemingly out to prove that it is possible for a real estate developer to build a brand that’s as strong and high profile as any of the ones that it houses in its shopping centers. It reached another corporate m[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Buttercrane Adopts Unique Sensory Zone

Customer Service, Special Needs

Buttercrane shopping center invests in a quiet, carefully-appointed space for families dealing with sensory overload.

For children and families dealing with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) or autism spectrum disorders, shopping center outings can be an overwhelming experience. What might seem like a mellow environment to some can be a sensory overload to othe[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Wild West Club for Kids Opens at Bower Place

Community Room, Mall Clubs

Canadian center embraces its Red Deer, Alberta, roots with a new themed club for children ages seven through 14.

LEGO bricks did not exist in the Old West, but children don’t tend to get hung up on details like that. Late last month, they happily participated in a LEGO-themed launch for the new Wild West Club for Kids at Canada’s Bower Place. Over the [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Aldo Co-hosts Walkathon for HIV/AIDS

Community Room, Fundraisers

The footwear and accessories brand creator and operator joins the Farha Foundation to rally the community in support of the cause.

Montrealers are always up for anything that mixes arts and culture with massive outdoor public gatherings. The Aldo Group (Aldo) and the Farha Foundation paired up to give them more of what they loved yesterday with the 23^rd edition of Ça March[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Large-Scale Retail Laboratory Opens in Shanghai

Technology Lab, Technology News

Image credits: The Fung Group

The Fung Group’s Explorium allows brands to analyze their interactions with shoppers in real time.

Adopting new retail technology often feels like something of an experiment, but perhaps nowhere so much as Explorium, a retail laboratory that has just been unveiled in Shanghai. Created by the Fung Group, a Hong Kong-based company with retail o[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

GGP Taps Barefoot Blonde For Fall Fashion Guide

Fashion Blogs, Style Lounge

Fashion and family blogger Amber Fillerup helps GGP shoppers solve their fall fashion needs.

Sweater weather is here, and our lattes are full of pumpkin spice. It's time for fall fashion, and GGP is ready for it. The company recently rolled out its 2015 fall style guide with the help of Barefoot Blonde, style blogger Amber Fillerup. [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

BOMA BEST Platinum for Eglinton Square

Community Room, Sustainability

The Toronto center is the latest among Bentall Kennedy-managed properties to reach the highest Canadian industry standard for sustainability.

The Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP team in charge of managing Eglinton Square is feeling particularly good about its work these days. After more than three years of focused efforts, the Toronto shopping center has received the Building Owners and M[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

SouthBay Pavilion Gets Kids and Teens Reading

Community Relations, Community Room

California shopping center marks World Literacy Day with a special event that built on last year’s inaugural book-focused gathering.

Long Beach, California, is a hotbed of tourism. It’s also one of the ten most illiterate cities in America. In nearby Carson, SouthBay Pavilion is doing what it can to help turn things around in the region. Earlier this month, the shopping cen[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...