They have to be very chameleon-like and have to adapt to their environment.

They're finding themselves in competition on all fronts.

Now (older, indoor malls) compete with power centers, strip centers, lifestyle centers, big boxes, Internet shopping, catalog shopping, home shopping.

The season followed some patterns that are typical. We're seeing the week after Christmas playing a much larger role in the overall holiday shopping season.

What are the retailers going to do? If they keep their inventory counts low, they will be able to ride out the season. It's going to be one of flat-to-moderate increase. But it's not going to be a disaster.

You can have all the intentions in the world, but do you actually follow through?

Retailers (now) want to be very visible from the roads they don't want (their customers) to have to traverse the mall to get there.

I think that the retailers recognize that it's going to be a pretty good season.