Brick-and-mortar retailers all over the country are trying to reinvent themselves in order to compete with their online counterparts, offering shoppers the experience they hope will win out over the convenience of having purchases dropped at their doors.
Whole Foods, for example, is carving out space for customers to gather and socialize, while developer Triple Five is trying to lure shoppers with theme park-scale amusements and attractions throughout its new property in New Jersey and its one in the planning stage near Miami.
