Check it Out: Same-Day Delivery the Key to Saving Malls?

Retail industry analysts have forecast the death of the shopping mall for a couple of years now. The model no longer makes economic sense, they argue, driven in large part by the decline of traffic-driving anchors such as Sears and J.C. Penney (both companies recently announced more store closures). Factor in the growth of e-commerce and it appears the days of sprawling, multistory malls are numbered. Or are they ...