Your local mall could be monitoring your cell phone signal this holiday season. This Black Friday some malls in the US will be rolling out a new technology that allows retailers to track customers' cell phone signals while they're shopping. more ›

Like the bears in Yosemite, shopping center thieves in Los Angeles are especially prolific in their pursuit of stealing goodies from your car. Sometimes they steal the car itself. With this phenomenon on the rise at holiday time, CBS ranked 50 malls and shopping centers in Southern California for vehicle thefts and burglaries. more ›

If you thought Westfield was the king of malls, then watch out for Simon Property Group's latest offer of $10 billion to buy the struggling and bankrupt General Growth Properties, which was announced today. If the offer is accepted, Simon would grow from more than 300 U.S malls to 550 of them, making them the largest mall owner in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. Locally, General owns the Northridge Fashion Center, Burbank Town Center, Glendale Galleria and Fallbrook Center. Simon owns numerous properties, mostly on the outskirts of the Los Angels region including Ontario Mills, Camarillo Premium Outlets, The Block at Orange and Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance. more ›

MALL MANIA 1990 time-lapse from Joel Fletcher on Vimeo. more ›

I know a lot of people who have the very best intentions of getting their holiday shopping done e-a-r-l-y every year who wind up failing miserably at making good on their noble plans. Some, like an estimated 40% of Americans, in fact, get wise to the internets and do their shopping online--but even that takes some advance planning. Earlier this week, if you'd forgotten to shop, or had that typical "oh, Christmas isn't for days and days! I've got plenty of time!" thought pass through your mind, you could have still gotten it in under the wire on the web. But with shipping times, and the clock ticking, I feel I must make mention of a scary fact: Christmas is in four days! more ›