European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 june 2007 Money matters stars and stripes your Money this undated artist rendering shows How the store might look when it opens in the summer of 2008 in the Christiana mall in in an empty store space owned by Cincinnat based Macys which exchanged a lease for a minority equity stake in the the new store will give online retailers a Chance to showcase physical epicentre online shopping coming to the local mall shared store space allows internet Sellers to get in touch with buyers by Lisa Cornwell the associated press Cincinnati some people refuse to buy online because they want to look in a Mirror to Check whether a shirts color matches their skin or they want to hold a digital camera to feel if it is lightweight enough or zooms the Way they others stick to traditional stores because they dont like the hassle of mailed to try to win their a new mall store is in the works that will showcase products from various retailers and Catalon companies in a shared space for peo ple with hangups about shopping from a customers at the first Epicen Ter collection store to open next year in a mall will use handheld devices to learn about order them and have them sent to their Home without shipping some items can be bought through a conventional checkout the setup is meant to give peo ple the Toucan feel element of shopping they miss when buying Mattie of Sticks to traditional stores even though she has seen Catalon and online items that she might like to she said after a Day of win do shopping she loves the experience of shopping in stores among i also have to be Able to see How something looks on me the the she i would never order something for myself or for someone else with out being Able to see or feel or touch Lisa of Cincin orders some products on such As decorative Home items and cleaning but skips internet shopping for things she wants to Check for color Tex Ture or such As clothes and she in the new product showcase companies and brands with few or no stores will lease space for individual shops in an empty mall Anchor according to Developer convergent Paul Fredrick an on line and Catalon clothing has committed so far to the first epicentre collection store in Christiana mall in Allen the clothing Compa nys chief operating said leasing a space in a shared store has less risk because it is cheaper than opening a standalone convergent retail is negotiating with 60 to 70 Catalon Compa retailers and brands to bring Home food and electronics to the the company is a division of Gor Don group which has helped develop other specially shopping venues such As the forum shops at Caesars Palace in Las vegas and the Beverly Center in los merchants will operate their own making the decisions about what features the spots will such As fitting convergent retail Hopes to open similar stores at malls around the with two planned for 2009 at undetermined merchandise could include items such As did players and the first store will go in an empty space owned by Cincin Nat based Macys which exchanged a lease on the location for a minority stake in the Ven its an interesting and innovative and we Are hoping it will bring More people to the spokesman Jim Sluzewski developers Hope the showcase stores will have the Side Benefit of increasing mall traffic and filling empty Anchor mall sales Are Down about 8 percent Over the past two Accord ing to the Ned group a mar Ket research malls have had More Competition in recent years from online merchants and from outdoor shopping centers that allow customers to get in and out quickly without having to walk through a although online retailers that would be the tenants of epicentre collection have been in Competition with mall most Compa Nies from both sides Are trying to provide multiple ways for people to buy their said ant ony chief executive of convergent epicentre will allow Consumers to go into a mall and shop As quickly and easily As they can on line but in a store he companies looking out for those looking out for elders by sue Shellenbarger the Wall Street journal Ann Brewster had been caring for her aged parents for years before she realized aide demands were eroding her shuttling them to doctors Rushing Home from work to take them Din coping with her mothers disorientation All were taking a a financial analyst at International business machines in no iced she was increasingly and some times sinking into confusion feeling isolated and facing enormous Brewster tried a new kind of eldercare Benefit from her employer a caregiver wellness companies have Long seen the eldercare Burden As a productivity prob the focus has been on helping workers find services for their family and then getting the employees Back to in the first shift in eldercare Bene fits in a few employers Are offering eldercare programs aimed at the health Well being of the workers by encouraging workers who also have getting help to find support for care area aging Agency Click on general information and assistance cooperative Extension service Click on local Extension office red Cross chapter listed at eldercare duties to take better care of employers Hope not Only to raise but to scale Down healthcare Raythelon offers employee caregiver seminars on self care and emotional sup at Nike and officials Are offer ing a program called powerful tools for says Kathy a manager at legacy health Portland which developed the Exxon Mobil and Texas instruments have funded development of an on line version of powerful tools through the american business a non says Debbie a vice presi Dent at a consultant to the the six week web course teaches caregiving skills and help dealing with doctors and Texas instruments sees a potential pay not Only in but in employee says Betty manag work life this is a natural Way to think about underlying these efforts is research showing that certain skills coun seling and social support programs can slash caregivers depression by half and sharply improve their Quality of the stresses of caregiving can have a deadly in raising caregiver mortality rates 63 percent above that of based on a fou year University of Pitts Burgh study of 819 people Over age but training caregivers in problem solv nursing skills and stress management techniques slashed depression rates to 13 percent from 23 percent in a control says a study of 642 people by Arizona state University psychology professor David Coon and a study of 49 participants in the online powerful tools by Daniel an alzheimer association executive in Chi and showed Sharp and lasting improvements in caregivers re resiliency and self reported the program May play a role in lowering healthcare the study after taking the course through Brewster says she posted its stress Educ Tion tips at her to remind her to plan Reading for pleasure or other and she Learned How to avoid conflict with her Mother when the older woman loses her grip on at powerful tools will be expanded says Maria direct workforce diversity Mather life ways Institute on a Chi Cago nonprofit that distributes the pro is talking with a Hal dozen More interested says David a vice