The Retail Apocalypse That Never Happened

In a post-pandemic world, online retail was set to sweep away store-based retailing — and there would be no one to work in those stores anyway. It all added up to a mall meltdown, as the new order replaced the old.

Yet the reality told a different story. Malls did not crumble to the ground, retailers did not see all their sales migrate online and stores have, gradually, started to take center stage once again. To read the full article by Mark Faithfull, please visit bisnow.com.