Read more mall stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10848/mall.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74512/how-twilight-rescued-hot-topic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike much of America, Ylan Q. Mui had forgotten all about Hot Topic, the mall mainstay for baby Goth merchandise—and then Twilight came along and made the store relevant again. The uber-popular vampire franchise “accomplished what the store had tried but failed to do: It made goth mainstream,” Mui...http://www.newser.com/story/74512/how-twilight-rescued-hot-topic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71520/disney-reinventing-stores-as-imagination-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisney has unveiled ambitious plans to bring the theme park to the shopping mall by turning its network of stores into interactive "Imagination Parks." The overhaul—designed using the expertise of Steve Jobs and his Apple Stores team—will cost some $1 million per store and focus on providing entertainment...http://www.newser.com/story/71520/disney-reinventing-stores-as-imagination-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 1:25:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69419/toys-r-us-pumped-up-for-holiday-offensive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToys R Us is getting ready to go on the offensive in the battle for holiday sales, the Washington Post reports. The company—which snapped up the KB Toys and FAO Schwarz brands earlier this year—plans to open 80 temporary "Holiday Express" stores in malls across the country, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69419/toys-r-us-pumped-up-for-holiday-offensive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 1:28:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59790/recession-competition-imperil-malls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA half-century-old American standby is ailing as shopping malls around the country struggle to stay afloat, the Wall Street Journal reports. Same-store sales in shopping centers fell 6.5% in the year ending March 31, and the biggest mall operator has seen sales drop 7.3%. Some 100 malls could...http://www.newser.com/story/59790/recession-competition-imperil-malls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 9:42:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56325/shopping-mall-giant-goes-bankrupt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChicago-based General Growth Properties, the second-largest US shopping mall owner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today after attempts to refinance more than $27 billion in debt failed, Bloomberg reports. The owner of more than 200 shopping malls owes a unit of Germany’s Commerzbank $2.6 billion, while bondholders are on...http://www.newser.com/story/56325/shopping-mall-giant-goes-bankrupt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 7:08:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53248/fire-in-huge-bangladeshi-mall-kills-1-injures-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fire swept through Bangladesh's largest shopping mall today, killing a security guard, the AP reports. Some 10,000 shoppers poured outside the building and 20 were hospitalized, CNN notes. The blaze broke out on the 18th floor of the capital's 22-story Bashundhara City mall; flames spread to other floors...http://www.newser.com/story/53248/fire-in-huge-bangladeshi-mall-kills-1-injures-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 9:03:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46197/strapped-sell-your-gold-at-the-mall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUp and down the East coast, cash-strapped shoppers are trading in gold and silver, not at pawn shops, but at the mall, the Boston Globe reports. Merchants at kiosks buy the precious metals for less than half of market value, but customers are still pouring in. “It's certainly something that...http://www.newser.com/story/46197/strapped-sell-your-gold-at-the-mall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 13:33:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44277/israeli-salesmen-the-kings-of-the-mall-kiosk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChances are that shopping-mall cart vendor offering you spa lotions or whimsical toys this Christmas season is an Israeli transplant who knows how to hustle and haggle. Cart owners avoid hiring shyer Americans because "Israelis are natural-born closers," said one marketing director, and they're edging out other Turkish, Chinese, and...http://www.newser.com/story/44277/israeli-salesmen-the-kings-of-the-mall-kiosk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 14:20:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43882/shoppers-cant-halt-commercial-mortgage-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlack Friday shoppers hunting for holiday bargains won't be enough to stave off what's likely to become the next economic crisis. Malls from Michigan to Georgia are entering foreclosure, commercial victims of the same events poisoning the housing market. Hotels in Tucson, Ariz., and Hilton Head, SC, also are about...http://www.newser.com/story/43882/shoppers-cant-halt-commercial-mortgage-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Nov 2008 9:02:30 CST