For the Signature Assignment, you have been hired as a financial consultant for your local metro mall. It is no secret that malls are failing financially, especially since the pandemic. To learn more about the issues, you will begin by reading the case study below, The Future of the Mall Building: A New Kind of Destination for the Post-Pandemic World. After reading the case study and researching more about your local metro mall and its issues, you will prepare a presentation to the mall ownership team that includes the following sections:
Present an overview of the specific issues facing your local mall.
Discuss the reasons for the financial decline of malls across the United States.
Discuss the effects of e-commerce on the financial health of today’s malls.
Explain how malls can adapt and become more than shopping.
As you reflect on the previous weeks’ topics covering financial statements, income statements, cash flow statements, and balance sheets, provide your financial recommendations for restructuring the mall and the financial strategy for the future.
Summarize your findings and recommendations.
You will prepare a minimum 15-slide PowerPoint presentation (including the cover slide and reference list slide), guided either with an auditory narration (recording) or individual slide notes. Your assignment should be in current APA Style with both a title slide and a reference list that includes all of the sources used. At least four scholarly sources should be used
