Management: Security
Robo-Mall Cop
Mar 1, 2009
Japanese researchers in Tokyo have devised a robotic mall cop, a two-foot-high security guard on wheels...
Learning from a Retail Tragedy
Feb 1, 2009, By David Bodamer
On Black Friday, Jdimytai Damour, a temporary worker at Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., was crushed by a crowd of an estimated 2,000 shoppers during...
After Dark
Aug 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
What happened this summer at the Metrocenter Mall, in Jackson, Miss., was one of the worst nightmares for the center's property manager, Boise, Id.-based...
On High Alert
Feb 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
In December, mall security returned to the spotlight when a suicidal teen entered the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., killing eight people and wounding...
Talking Points
Jan 1, 2008, By David Bodamer
Last month's tragic shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., in which a disturbed teen killed eight people and wounded five others before turning...
Expert Q&A: Who's Accountable?
Jan 1, 2008, PAUL T. KINNEY Executive Director of the National Retail Tenants Association
In the wake of last month's shootings at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, the retail industry is searching for answers as to why, for the third time in 2007,...
Mall Security Back in Spotlight After Omaha
Dec 12, 2007
Last week's tragic shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., in which a disturbed teen killed eight people and wounded five others before turning the gun on himself, once again raised the question of whether mall security standards ...
Mall Cops: The Movie
Nov 1, 2007
Kevin James the former King of Queens star has signed on to write, produce and star in an upcoming comedy called Mall Cop. The plot focuses on a mall...
Cracking Down on a 4-year Old
Oct 1, 2007
Security guards in a shopping center in Britain threatened to throw a 4-year-old girl out of the property for wearing a hooded sweatshirt, according to...
Forget Curfews. Try Mosquitos
Oct 1, 2007
An increasing number of U.S. mall owners are adopting curfews to control teen populations at their properties. But here's an interesting alternative being...
