#9 dead in Ugandan New Year firework crush: cops

#9 dead in Ugandan New Year firework crush: cops

“9 dead in Ugandan New Year firework crush: cops” At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, the force said….

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#How to make malls matter again

#How to make malls matter again

“How to make malls matter again” For starters, they could house much-needed community services Andrew Gallici is a Toronto-based retail design director at Gensler, an integrated architecture, design, planning and consulting firm. Gallici believes there will always be a need for malls—but he’s also embraced online shopping. I have a very long history with malls….

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#Tiffany & Co. extends lease in Flatiron District

#Tiffany & Co. extends lease in Flatiron District

“Tiffany & Co. extends lease in Flatiron District” Tiffany & Co. plans to keep its global headquarters at 200 Fifth Ave. for a long time to come. Although it trimmed its space to 287,000 square feet from just over 400,000 — the kind of pruning many companies are doing — its more meaningful step was to…

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#Queens Center Mall evacuated after shoppers pepper-sprayed

#Queens Center Mall evacuated after shoppers pepper-sprayed

“Queens Center Mall evacuated after shoppers pepper-sprayed” Part of the Queens Center Mall was evacuated early Saturday after someone showered innocent shoppers with pepper spray, police said. No injuries were reported from the pepper spray, which NYPD said was discharged inside the mall near Macy’s. Regular operations had resumed at the mall by 12:35 p.m.,…

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#Robot waiters, rubber shoes and 7 more

#Robot waiters, rubber shoes and 7 more

“#Robot waiters, rubber shoes and 7 more” Over the past year, we started figuring out how to live in an (almost) post-pandemic world. Behaviors that once seemed unnatural — working from home, living more digitally, feeling grateful for basics we once took for granted — became second nature. In 2022, we’re ready for what’s next….

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#Connecticut Macy’s site of shooting, lockdown

#Connecticut Macy’s site of shooting, lockdown

“#Connecticut Macy’s site of shooting, lockdown” A 16-year-old girl was shot in the chest at a Connecticut mall Wednesday night, causing the building to be placed on lockdown. Danbury police said officers responded to a report of shots fired near the Macy’s store at the Danbury Fair Mall shortly after 7 p.m. and found the…

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#Man killed in Nebraska mall shooting

#Man killed in Nebraska mall shooting

“#Man killed in Nebraska mall shooting” A man is dead and a woman is injured after a shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha at noon Saturday, and police were still searching for the suspect into the evening hours. The shooting happened near a JC Penney on the first floor of the mall, police said…

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