Jeffrey Schilling, 24, was strolling with his Filipino Muslim wife of five months, Ivy Osani, inside a mini-mall in the southern Philippine town of Zamboanga on the morning of Aug. 28.

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JCPenney treated analysts to a tour of a remodeled store last week, showing how the chain means to reinvent its stores into a mini-mall of boutique shops with specialty and exclusive merchandise.

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The latest to open: The Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates, a mini metropolis featuring 1, 200 stores, a 22-screen movie theater and a five star hotel.

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