All news on the topic: Shopping centres

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Iceland to close several stores - is your local branch on the list
Stores across the UK are set to close with some shutting their doors as early as next week
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Shoppers flee from Westfield mall in panic after man 'falls to death'
Shoppers in Paris were seen fleeing amid a panic after a man reportedly fell to his death at a mall in La Defense, Paris. Police were forced to dismiss reports of gunshots in the wake of a mass panic at the mall
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Inside dated shopping centre that time and local shoppers forgot
The Westside Plaza in Edinburgh was once the beating heart of a community, but as the years have rolled on, and online shopping has taken over, the space has seen an exodus of shops and customers
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Marks and Spencer to close stores across UK - see if your local is on the list
It comes after M&S announced 67 closures are part of previously announced plans to shut 110 shops for good, as the supermarket focuses more of its attention on food-only outlets
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Pregnant woman causes row at mall after refusing to move from massage chair
A pregnant woman has taken to Reddit to share how she was called out by a teenage couple in a shopping centre for sitting in a massage chair to eat an ice cream, as the couple argue she was stopping customers from using the business
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Out-of-town 'future of shopping’ centre that's nearly half empty as owners quit
The Parc Fforestfach retail centre, in Swansea, was supposed to be the future of shopping but despite a popular opening now has almost half its units empty
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James Bulger's mum pays respect at his final resting place 30 years after murder
Denise Fergus said she will never forget the belly giggles of her adorable two-year-old son James Bulger who was killed by 10-year-old Jon Venables and Robert Thompson
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Wilko worker filmed in tug-of-war with mum at checkout leaving child terrified
Sophie Dellow, 31, claims that a Wilko worker refused to allow her to buy items from a store in Milton Keynes and his behaviour left her daughter terrified of "the man in black"
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Kim Kardashian shows off tiny waist in Barbie pink outfit for SKIMS launch
Kim Kardashian looked pretty in pink as she headed to her extravagant SKIMS Valentine's pop-up shop launch at the Century City Mall
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Furious resident vows to move after parking space is moved half a mile from home
Medway Council's permit office are duty bound to provide parking for certain residents and Matt Clubb is so angry he says he will move from his home in Chatham, Kent
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Inside eerie shopping centre with overgrown weeds ahead of demolition
Crossways shopping centre once attracted shoppers from across the country, including the likes of actor and filmmaker Sir Richard Attenborough, but has now become a ghost town
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Britain's biggest prison 'set to be built near Jamie Oliver's £6m mansion'
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver faces having two 'mega jails' built near his picturesque home in Essex - and locals are up in arms about it
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Brawl erupts in shopping centre with mum heard shouting 'don't touch my son'
A witness to the brawl at the Bankstown shopping centre in Sydney, Australia, said she heard one of the older fighters wailing "don't touch my son" as teens and parents clashed
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Man lived in shopping centre for years after making 'secret flat' in unused room
Michael Townsend created a secret apartment in the shopping mall, furnishing it with a sofa and a PlayStation, and lived in it for four years before he was found be security and found himself facing criminal charges
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Inside the shopping centre with shuttered pub and shops set for demolition
The Kingstanding Shopping Centre in Birmingham will be mowed down to make way for a Lidl after planning permission was granted - only three shops remain open among the shuttered storefronts
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Is your local high street struggling to cope? Have your say
Almost 50 shops closed for good every day last year, with industry groups saying 2023 will be just as challenging for retailers
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Bid to bring overgrown ghost shopping centre back to life after years deserted
Over the years people say the shopping centre became quieter and by 2021, before it closed for good, SportsDirect was the only shop left on the well-loved site
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Woman goes out shopping for biscuits - ends up winning $2million on scratchcard
Amelia Estes, 51, from North Carolina, US, was left stunned when she found out she had won a $2million mega jackpot on the 100X The Cash lottery scratchcard
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One of UK's oldest department stores closing after 240 years in high street blow
Eve and Ranshaw has been operating since 1781 but the department store is closing its doors for good because of 'difficult Covid years' and 'the current cost of living crisis'
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James Bulger's mum says justice 'in touching distance' for one of son's killers
Denise Fergus, mother of tragic James Bulger, said on This Morning that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has told her his Reform Bill would keep reoffender Jon Venables behind bars for life
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Could traditional bricks and mortar shops be making a comeback? Have your say
Could this bold move herald a turning of the tide for our beleaguered conventional retail sector?
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Australian tourist fumes at UK public toilets after noticing 'ridiculous' rule
The tourist posted on social media after using the public toilets at Waverley Mall in Edinburgh, which caused much confusion from being charged to using turnstiles to enter
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Furious airline passenger loses luggage - tracks it themselves to McDonald's
Valerie Szybala was flying home to Washington DC when her bag got misplaced en-route. Not one to give up she tracked it on a strange journey around the city to shopping malls, residential blocks and a McDonald's
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World's best cities announced - there's a handful of UK hotspots named in elite
More than 50 per cent of the locations making the top 10 of the World's Best Cities rankings were in Europe, with New York, Tokyo, Dubai and Singapore dotted between them
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Cow causes chaos and is centre of two firefighter dramas in space of 24 hours
No one has managed to figure out where the cow came from or who owns it but firefighters had to be called out twice to save it from various silly situations