malls

After decades of decline, malls across the country are being redeveloped by communities and planners trying to forge new gathering places out of vast lots with empty buildings.

Packed malls? Healthy gains in holiday spending? It's beginning to look at least a little like a pre-recession Christmas.

The snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast, closing malls and snowing in shoppers, spelled trouble for retailers, but elsewhere in the country stores saw a strong turnout on the last weekend before Christmas.

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Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers began reviewing early reports showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees.

Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers waited for early data showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees.

The old poker saying adapts to crowded malls; if you can't spot the sucker/jerk at the table/store, it might be you!

Here are just 15 of the types you'll see on Black Friday!

When you stroll through many of the nation's malls and shopping strips lately, you see one shuttered store after another.

And then there's the fro-yo shops.