http://www.newgeography.com/category/blog-topics/retail The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.newgeography.com/content/00656-not-all-retail-tanking-recession <p>A reader forwarded along this video of a bustling recent weekend at La Gran Plaza, a shopping center serving the Latino market in Fort Worth, TX. Just a few years ago, <a href="http://www.lagranplazamall.com/">La Gran Plaza</a> was a failing conventional shopping center before developers purchased it and completely redesigned and repurposed the mall to cater to Latinos. Partly because it serves a more insular, <a href="http://www.newgeography.com/content/00428-in-ethnic-enclaves-the-us-economy-thrives">cash based clientele</a> and largely because of brilliant design and programming choices, this mall seems to be thriving during a very tough period for retailers. <!--break--></p> <p><object width="480" height="295"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MXHfGJT4e7s&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MXHfGJT4e7s&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p> http://www.newgeography.com/content/00656-not-all-retail-tanking-recession#comments Fort Worth Latino Retail Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:11:07 -0400 Mark Schill 656 at http://www.newgeography.com