Experts say that malls can survive – and even do well – if they transform themselves into a collection of cool merchants and restaurants, housing, co-working areas, walk-in medical clinics and special attractions such as aquariums. In international retail, luxury goods are set for a comeback in Asia even as the pandemic’s hit to brick-and-mortar shopping and the wider international economy slammed global sales last year. And in B2B payments, companies can harness more effective data management systems to alleviate many of the common payment pain points. All this, Today in Data.