Mass Merchant

Some things never change — even amid a pandemic.

Chain Store Age honored 17 outstanding female leaders in technology at its Top Women in Retail Tech awards event, which was held virtually earlier this month. 

Not all retailers are downsizing their physical assets in the wake of the pandemic. Far from it.

City Place, a 14-acre, big-box center in downtown Long Beach, Calif., that was the site of the Long Beach Plaza Mall appears headed for redevelopment as a mixed-use center.

Walmart is partnering with an identity verification platform and a digital non-profit to provide customers secure access to their health records, including COVID-19 vaccine information.

Walmart has been dethroned.

Easton’s 16-acre, $500 million New District is now opening up and offering another inspired example of what gathering-dining-shopping-playing spaces can be in post-pandemic America. 

In the 12 months since the start of the COVID outbreak in the U.S. there have been dramatic changes within the retail industry.