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Recycled retail

Posted by dball on June 17th, 2009 under retailing Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

As the economy shrinks and consumerism (momentarily?) wanes, many communities — particularly in the U.S. — are left wondering: What ever to do with those tired old malls and empty big box retail stores?
Rob Walker, in his recent Consumed column in the New York Times Magazine takes on this question. (In fact, the entire issue, [...]