Alana Ferko has worked at the Butte Plaza Mall for 40 years. In a month, she’ll be fully retired.
In the age of globalism and online shopping, the department store’s strength — as a place for everything — has became its weakness.
Why department stores struggle to retain relevancy.
We check in with Alana Ferko, manager of the Butte Plaza Mall, who tells us about vacancy rates and a few special guests.
J.C. Penney CEO Marc Rosen tells Marketplace more about how the company will invest $1 billion in revitalizing business.
While the “malls are dying” narrative has has been prevalent for a while, foot traffic is up at shopping centers serving more affluent consumers.
Mall manager Alana Ferko is coming off a strong holiday shopping season coupled with new business from a Hollywood production.
The chain has benefited from ’90s fashion trends, a good supply chain and looking outside of malls, says Elizabeth Segran of Fast Company.
In a new book, design critic Alexandra Lange describes how design played a major role in the shopping mall’s successes and failures.
Alana Ferko explains what’s new at the Butte Plaza Mall.
