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There was a time when the American shopping mall felt less like a retail complex and more like a kind of suburban cathedral.

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The traditional American mall — enclosed, climate-controlled and anchored by department stores like Sears, JCPenney and Macy’s — once defined New Jersey suburban life. It was more than a collection of ...

Have you ever had a dream about wandering through an eerie, empty mall? You might have entered what TikTok refers to as “Mall World.” A reliable rule of the internet is that there is always someone ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Retail leasing slowed in Q1 2025, the weakest since 2020, ...