Radio Interview With Mall Developer, Alfred Taubman

I recently came across this interesting radio interview conducted on April 4, 2007, with A. Alfred Taubman, the "shopping mall king", where he discusses some of the subjects found in his new memoir, Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer.

Mr. Taubman was interviewed by Frank Beckmann, of WJR-Radio, in the GM Wintergarden studio inside the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.

Click here to go to the interview (off-site).

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"Mall king A. Alfred Taubman's memoir tells of Sotheby's price-fixing scandal"

Canadian Press - April 09, 2007

(Excerpt) BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) - A. Alfred Taubman, ignoring all of his instincts, stayed silent during the price-fixing trial that would end with a prison sentence for the former owner of Sotheby's auction house.

It was a decision that the luxury mall developer and philanthropist sees as a critical mistake as he reflects on a career in retailing that began as a discount store salesman and eventually put him at the centre of an art world scandal.

"I should have gotten on the stand," the 83-year-old billionaire said in a recent interview in his office at the suburban Detroit company he founded in 1950.

Read the full article here.