Last call for the mall? How shopping centres are reinventing themselves

BBC - Oct 6, 2026

In the internet age, medium-sized retail hubs are looking for new ways to survive and thrive.

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Designer Azeeza Khan has spent the better part of 15 years building a fashion empire on her own terms, in her own way. For one, Khan is still based in her hometown of Chicago, away from the American fashion epicentre of New York and the Hollywood machine in Los Angeles. “We’re at Kith, Revolve, Shopbop, all those places, so we have reach,” she explains, but she hopes to expand her eponymous label’s physical presence with a secondary office outside Chicago. “LA is one of our top-selling consumer...

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A.I. Officials Stonewall on Questions About Technology’s Risks

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