Malls

Football and shopping become one in New England, where the owner of the New England Patriots NFL team has built a $300 million mall and entertainment complex next to the stadium.

Malls are a newcomer to India, but designs that incorporate elements of the Indian marketplace are a hit.

This piece from WorldChanging looks at the trend of dying indoor malls, and some creative ideas for reviving or reusing them.

American-style malls are cropping up in Siberia, and gobbling up land, to enable once-isolated Russians to consume in ways that might have been unimaginable a generation ago.

Thousands of stores across the country face closure as the credit crisis curtails consumer spending, and chain retailers file for bankruptcy.