When consumers visit retail spaces, they increasingly expect engaging, frictionless experiences, as previously reported by JWT Intelligence. Last week, the Westfield global shopping center behemoth showed off its vision for...

...at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management and head of its Center for Work & Family, which helps employers improve the lives of working people and their families. Before his...

...expectancy will mean an aging population. –Businessweek reports on why the U.S. birthrate is falling. -Reporting on Black Friday shopping, The Wall Street Journal examines how brick-and-mortar retailers are aggressively...

...above $150,000) say they don’t shop at dollar stores, and about half say they are shopping there as much this year as last (10 percent, meanwhile, are shopping there more)....

...looks at how retailers are battling showrooming as the holiday shopping season approaches. –Adweek reports that 2012 will be the first holiday season of multiscreen shopping, spotlighting research from Google....

...interested in brick-and-mortar shopping and crave more “third places,” Mediapost reports. -A Nielsen report on shopping center trends looks at how “the lines have blurred between shopping, entertainment, and community.”...

...Center in Dallas, and what it means for the future of the shopping mall. –Stepfeed examines how today’s “selfie-crazed culture” is compromising Egypt’s heritage-based tourism. –For those saying no to...

...Anya, both in Manhattan; at the Wythe Hotel, Maha Rose Center for Healing, and Brooklyn Zen Center, all in Brooklyn; and at the House of Intuition in the Silver Lake...

...“10 New Holiday Retailing Strategies to Watch in 2012.” –The New York Times looks at how the perimeter of the supermarket is taking center stage as shopping and eating patterns...

...now incorporate their phones into their TV-watching, according to a Pew Research Center study on the “connected viewer.” Fast Company spotlights some of the more notable stats. -A new study...