Mall of America's amusement park is one of the ways the shopping center lures tourists and locals to make a day of their visit. Jenn Ackerman for NPR hide caption
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Shoppers walk by a sign for the Macy's department store at a mall in Long Island, N.Y. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
Kensington White, an aspiring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, asked Santa Luke for "numchuks" for Christmas. Bill Chappell/NPR hide caption
After 38 years on the job, Santa Luke still has time for everyone. Yes, you too
People shop at a Macy's in New York this month. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
More Retail Workers Are Quitting Than Ever, But More Stores Are Opening Than Expected
A Cuban girl takes a selfie in front of a window of a luxury store at the Manzana de Gomez Kempinski five-star hotel in Havana on Monday. The Manzana de Gomez Kempinski bills itself as Cuba's first real five-star hotel, and the brand-name shops around it appear designed to reinforce that. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
J.C. Penney is among several chains that have announced plans to close stores this year. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Retailers Scrambling To Adjust To Changing Consumer Habits
A woman rides an escalator past closed storefronts inside the largely empty White Flint Mall, in Bethesda, Md., in 2014. The mall closed last year. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
As Their Anchors Sink, Malls Try To Present Retail 'Experience'
Workers pack items Sunday at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif. Cyber Monday online sales jumped 8.5 percent over 2013. Noah Berger/Reuters/Landov hide caption
New transit-oriented, mixed-use walkable downtowns, like this one in Rockville, Md., are often replacing indoor shopping malls and strip malls that once defined suburban America. Federal Realty Investment Trust/Courtesy of WDG Architecture hide caption