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Career Corner: ‘Future Proofing’ Your Career
As technology advances it is a legitimate concern for many workers if new technology could make certain jobs obsolete. Nobody wants the career they’ve invested in to fade away, so a lot of people wonder what they can do to maintain their workplace value and sustain their career. Forbes contributor Bryan Robinson recently discussed this,…
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Wiser Wealth: As Pandemic Eases, Get Your Retirement Savings Back on Track
There have been a lot of financial stressors since the pandemic started, with some people even worrying how they will manage week to week. However, the long-term consequences are also weighing on people’s minds, particularly how a career slump this past year could impact retirement plans. Anne Tergesen delved into this for the Wall Street…
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Career Corner: How to Improve Your Job Search When You’re Not Finding the Openings You Want
Finding a job is always a draining process, and the conditions of the past year have only exacerbated that challenge. Scouring the same job boards can feel like spinning your wheels and leave you wondering if there’s anything else you could be trying. Gwen Moran of Fortune discusses this, explaining how sometimes the key to…
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With 25% of U.S. Malls Expected to Close Within Five Years, How Will Montco’s Shopping Meccas Adapt?
Everyone is well aware that the circumstances of the last year have caused shopping malls to struggle, but analysts now have data to ascertain just how much damage has been done. Likely to the surprise of few, some of the predictions are bleak. Shawn Baldwin of CNBC discusses this, explaining how data from Coresight Research…
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Wiser Wealth: With Mortgage Rates Rising Homeowners Wonder if Now is the Time to Refinance
It’s easy to get caught up in your day-to-day routine and put off making long-term decisions for another time. However, that makes it easy to get caught unprepared when your window of opportunity to make a decision suddenly starts closing. According to Julia Carpenter of the Wall Street Journal, the last year has seen a…
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U.S. Malls, Like Montco’s Montgomery Mall and King of Prussia Mall, Lost an Average of 60% of Their Value in 2020
With vaccines slowly becoming more accessible, it is giving many hope that the hardships caused by the pandemic may soon be done. However, as we now reach a year since COVID first began significantly spreading in America, the financial fallout from its damage becomes clear. As reported by John Gittelsohn over at Bloomberg, appraisals have…
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Wiser Wealth: Resist the Post-Vaccine “Revenge-spend” Urge
As we officially reach a year since COVID really began gaining momentum in America, many experts are talking about “pandemic fatigue.” Everyone craves a return to normalcy, and with there now being three FDA-approved vaccines, it looks like there may finally be an end in sight. However, analysts worry that the long deprivation from leisure…
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Career Corner: New Job? Strategies for Negotiating and Countering Their Offer
By Chris Isaac It’s always exciting to find out you’ve been selected as the best candidate for a position, but that process is a two-way street. The job needs to be right for you too. So before agreeing to start at a company, it’s always wise to ensure you’re getting a deal commensurate with your…
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Plymouth Meeting Mall Owner Announces Initiatives to Support Black-Owned Businesses
Consumers nowadays strive to be more conscious of where their dollars are going, which is part of why the Plymouth Meeting Mall owner PREIT is giving customers more information to know when they are supporting Black-owned businesses. As reported by Mason Cash for Stupid Dope, PREIT’s websites for their malls are now listing what stores…
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Wilmington University Offering New Certificate Program Focusing on Artificial Intelligence
By Chris Isaac As the conditions of the last year have made people more dependent on technology than ever, Wilmington University is embracing that future with its new certificate program on artificial intelligence. As the computer science field continues to expand, this program is designed on putting students at the forefront of the industry. The…
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Wiser Wealth: Most Americans Don’t Understand Bitcoin, with 1 in 10 Never Having Heard of it
As some financial services, such as Mastercard and ATMs, have begun embracing the usage of cryptocurrencies, that would seem to suggest it is becoming more commonplace. That seems logical since the value of a single Bitcoin has fluctuated in value around $50,000 at times. However, a survey reveals that many Americans might still have no…
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Analysts Say Data Suggests That Malls Like King of Prussia Are Changing, Not Dying
The death of the shopping mall has been predicted ever since customers began to have prominent online options to do their shopping. There is no denying online shopping has cut into the profits of malls, but does that really mean they are on borrowed time? With the proliferation of COVID, many have said absolutely, feeling…
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Career Corner: Career Analysts Expect Healthcare to Grow, Office Jobs to Shrink Through the Next Decade
Most people have seen their typical workday shaken up courtesy of the precautions needed to stay safe during COVID. This has prompted many people to accelerate their considerations about what they want to do with their career, as the pandemic has brought one question to the foreground: where will the steady jobs be? As reported…
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King of Prussia, Bala Cynwyd Mall Owners Look to Fill Vacant Retail Space with Medical Offices
It is no secret that retailers are having a difficult time enduring pandemic conditions. Many stores are seeing their profits down considerably, and a number of noteworthy names have been pushed to bankruptcy. These developments are likely why some mall owners have begun looking outside of retailers for ways to utilize vacant space within their…
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Reddit Caused Stocks for Retailers Like GameStop to Surge, but Analysts Predict This Won’t Help Retail Outlets Like Willow Grove or Plymouth Meeting Malls
Recent weeks have seen Reddit garner a lot of attention in the news as the social media site’s calculated efforts caused the stock of diminishing companies like GameStop to surge. Amid the stories of many Redditors who have now become wealthy from this tactic, it may also make many wonder whether this strategy could be…
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Local Malls Hoping to Recover, Yet Feeling Long Term Effects From Pandemic
2020 has been a difficult year for many, but there’s still no avoiding that the defining part of this year, namely COVID-19 will continue to be a challenge into 2021. The possibility that things may still get worse before they get better is something retailers know all too well, with clothing stores especially getting hit…
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Rising COVID Rates Made Many Black Friday Shoppers Skip the Malls This Year
For months analysts have been speculating how much the pandemic restrictions would change the typical holiday shopping season. On Black Friday, we saw one of the first indicators, with the standard throngs of people searching for deals largely absent from the malls this year. As reported by Kenny Cooper for WHYY, the King of Prussia…
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Judge Approves Plymouth Meeting Mall, Willow Grove Mall Owner’s Bankruptcy Restructuring
After failing to get 100% of their lenders to approve of their restructuring plan, PREIT prepared to take the matter to court earlier this year and received approval for their plan at the end of November. Per Jacob Adelman of The Philadelphia Inquirer, this new plan allows PREIT to borrow an additional $130 million in…
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