Can teens make the mall cool again?

Massachusetts high schoolers made a local mall’s plight their school project. Can their big ideas bring it back to life? Shopping malls, you may have heard, are dying. These suburban staples of retail and elderly loafing have been hit hard by the rise of e-commerce, and many around the world are struggling to remain relevant. Anchor tenants are moving out or going bankrupt, and the smaller stores left behind are flailing in the vacuum. Mall operators are scrambling to find new users—or...