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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A 72-story <keyword id="77441" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Skyscraper">skyscraper</keyword> in downtown <keyword id="95282" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</keyword>, China, began shaking vertically earlier this week. </li><li>Viral <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=seg%20plaza&amp;src=typeahead_clicklick">videos</a> on social media showed hundreds fleeing the building following an emergency evacuation.</li><li>Safety inspectors reportedly found the cause to be a combination of weather and underground foundation factors. </li></ul><p>A combination of high <keyword id="6382367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Winds">winds</keyword>, underground rail lines, and oscillating temperatures is likely responsible for shaking a 72-story building in Shenzhen, China, that sent thousands of people fleeing when it <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/china/china-shenzhen-skyscraper-intl-hnk/index.html">began wobbling</a> earlier this week, according to local media reports. </p><p>The <keyword id="11278908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="SEG-Plaza">SEG Plaza</keyword>, which stands nearly 100 ft high in downtown Shenzhen, began inexplicably shaking on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a mass emergency evacuation of the building.</p><p>Safety inspectors later found no abnormalities in the building's main structure or surrounding environment, according to <a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3134178/seg-plaza-cleared-safety-issues-local-inspectors-while-us-consulate-warns">the South China Morning Post</a>, but that didn't stop the US consulate in Guangzhou from warning American citizens to avoid the building.</p><p>Authorities confirmed there were no earthquakes in the area at the time and said engineers had found the level of movement had not exceeded building code limits. </p><p>A preliminary investigation confirmed by the department of emergency management of Guangdong province found the wobbling was caused by winds, two underground transportation lines beneath the building, and warming temperatures that caused the steel to stretch, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/20/china-skyscraper-wobble-shenzhen-winds-rail-lines-weather-reports">according to The Guardian</a>. </p><p>The investigation reportedly found that the building's wobbling was not horizontal, but vertical. The department also said the 21-year-old building does not have a tuned mass damper, a device meant to prevent excessive movement, The Guardian reported. </p><p>Authorities would not say when the building would reopen, though vendors were allowed back in to gather items, local media reported. On Wednesday afternoon, two separate vendors told Jimu <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> that they felt the building swaying again.</p><p>Building management has denied reports of any further wobbling.</p>

Wobbly skyscraper in China likely due to winds, rail lines, and warmer temps, local authorities claim

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>As the mall&#xa0;as we know it&#xa0;declines&#xa0;across&#xa0;America, a new era of shopping is emerging on the horizon. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">High-end, futuristic malls in China and parts of the US are upgrading technology, hoping to attract customers with "smart" shopping centers. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"In the US, the malls look exactly the same they did 20 year ago," Deborah Weinswig, executive director at Fung Business Intelligence Centre, said recently in a talk at a JDA Executive Luncheon. "We've got to make it more exciting, and more fun, and more experiential."</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Changing consumer tastes and the rise of e-commerce&#xa0;means shoppers are&#xa0;visiting malls less and less, with Weinswig reporting that the average American now visits a mall three to four times a year, as opposed to five to six. To compete with online shopping, malls need to match e-commerce in convenience and create experiential reasons to visit the mall that you cannot find online.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div></div></span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Touch-screen platforms that provide customer information are becoming an increasingly common and interactive feature. </span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, </span><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cnit-introduces-stand-alone-cloud-based-display-terminals-for-multi-site-use-300206092.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YunTouch</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> uses face recognition technology to collect and analyze customers' past purchases when they stop by a digital display terminal. In the US, Ralph Lauren is </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ralph-lauren-interactive-mirrors-2015-11"><span style="font-weight: 400;">testing interactive mirrors in fitting rooms</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that allow shoppers to change the lighting, request different sizes, browse through other items, or interact with a sales associate.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Store are also testing <keyword id="6354851" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Retail">retail</keyword> robots, like </span><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/sapna/this-robot-could-eventually-replace-workers-in-us-stores#.mbBMB8Avb"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pepper</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Japan's SoftBank's four-foot tall, humanoid bot who is fluent in eight languages and&#xa0;can serve as a personal stylist and salesperson. The robot can even follow up with customers using emails and text messages.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div></div></span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To give customers a reason to visit retailers in person, malls are&#xa0;creating new, futuristic events. Macerich, for example, has partnered with HGTV to create Santa HQ - a holiday pop up that allows guests to play with functions like augmented-reality selfie videos and receive texts when Santa is ready to see them. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These new services&#xa0;attempt to give customers tech that they can't access&#xa0;in their own homes. However, the other major shift in the mall of the future is in customers' own hands - their smartphones.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div></div></span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the chance to connect, some malls are&#xa0;now texting&#xa0;shoppers. Shanghai's Cloud Nine and Shenzhen's SEG Plaza are utilizing social-messaging app WeChat for their news and loyalty programs, connecting with customers even when they aren't at the mall. In the US, some Macerich locations allow shoppers to text questions to the mall's information desk to get speedy and convenient answers. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other apps give shoppers a more immersive experience.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div></div></span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.fbicgroup.com/sites/default/files/Mobile%20shopping%20apps-the%20next%20paradigm%20in%20O2O%20development.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feifan app</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, created by Chinese retail conglomerate Wanda Group and Internet-centric companies Baidu and Tencent, hopes to make itself indispensable in every aspect of shopping. The app, which is now available in about 370 major shopping malls, provides promotions, in-store and parking navigation, free WiFi, and restaurant booking services. </span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other new mall apps, such as&#xa0;Miaojie, have the added bonus of offering payment options. &#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div></div></span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apps are especially appealing to retailers, as they can&#xa0;gather more information about shoppers. Shenzhen Rainbow, a company that owns more than 30 department stores and shopping malls in China, recently launched an app that delivers promotional messages, through which the company can gather and analyze shopper data.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New technology helped contribute&#xa0;to the decline of malls in America, as shoppers turned to e-commerce. However, today the tides are turning. 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