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A shopping mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area – a modern, indoor version of the traditional marketplace. Modern "car-friendly" strip malls developed from the 1920s, and shopping malls corresponded with the rise of suburban living in many parts of the Western World, especially the United States, after World War II. From early on, the design tended to be inward-facing, with malls following theories of how customers could best be enticed in a controlled environment. Similar, the concept of a mall having one or more "anchor" or "big box" stores was pioneered early, with individual stores or smaller-scale chain stores intended to benefit from the shoppers attracted by the big stores. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  indonesia.com 160px x 240px | 27.60kB [source page] number of giant malls Note that for imported goods prices in some of the designer shops could actually be higher than what would be charged in the same shop in other countries Jakarta s gleaming shopping malls are impressive but leave time for the traditional markets as well flickr user d10n2000 From Yahoo Image Search: "Shopping mall"  vamban.com Vamban Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:42:03 GM New Delhi, July 24 - A three-storey haveli decorated with marigold flowers, mannequins as baraatis, a mandap and wedding music in the background -- ace.  fmylife.com Not So Smart Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:47:12 GM Miscellaneous : Today, I went to the . mall. . While . shopping. in a store, a woman bumped into me numerous times. Getting annoyed, I turned to her and loudly exclaimed, ... Read more.  aussiepete.com AussiePete hu, 22 Jul 2010 15:58:00 GM "Harbour City", the largest . shopping mall. in Hong Kong !! So the obvious outcome of this, is that now I've been given the largest shopping list in Asia !! In fact, this place seems quite incredible. With an area of over two million ... From Google Blog Search: "Shopping mall"  kansascity.com Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:58 GMT+00:00 center Kansas City Star A brawl between two groups of men escalated to a shooting at the Landing Mall in Kansas City late this afternoon. The victim and five friends got into a ...  dailymail.co.uk Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:24:25 GMT+00:00 Daily Mail The grainy CCTV footage of Venables and Thompson leading the child from Bootle shopping mall while his mother was momentarily distracted have been replayed ...  arstechnica.com Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:50:20 GMT+00:00 Ars Technica "In essence, this ' shopping mall ' approach could enable the purveyor of counterfeit goods to set up shop alongside respected brand-name retailers, ... From Google News Search: "Shopping mall" How much is the Taxi fares from The Gardens Shopping Mall to TARC College, KL ? Q. How much is the Taxi fares from The Gardens Shopping Mall to TARC College, KL ? Thanks. Asked by Samson - Sun Oct 18 01:57:30 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Before there was a revise in the fare, the taxi from Ampang Point to The Gardens costs around RM12-15. I took it a few times before. With the revise, I am guessing around RM16-24. I think the fare from TARC to The Gardens would be slightly lower/the same with the Ampang Point-The Gardens fare. I think the taxi driver will be using the Jalan Genting Klang - PWTC - KL Sentral route to The Gardens. Considering the road is clear, the journey takes around 20-30 minutes. Well, if 4 persons are sharing a taxi, just expect to pay RM6 per person. I think it's worth it since you don't need to change transportation so many times (TARC-Wangsa Maju LRT-Bangsar LRT-The Gardens). But I don't know if the taxis are willing to take you so far. Answered by HaNtu=) - Mon Oct 19 10:03:56 2009 How much does a shopping mall cost? Q. How much would it cost to purchase or build a medium-sized U.S. shopping mall in the Midwest or the Northeast? How much is usually paid cash and how much is borrowed? Do you need good connections in the real estate or construction communities to start a venture like that? Asked by Knocks - Tue Aug 21 00:19:04 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. From a few millions to hundreds of millions of dollars. The lenders will want you to have at least 25% equity, and you will need to get some pre-leasing done before you can even get a construction loan. Answered by rhsaunders - Tue Aug 21 00:32:50 2007 What's the biggest shopping mall in the South of England?
Q. What's the biggest (size/number of people/shops) shopping mall in the South of England? I have car for the next 3 days and also want to go shopping somewhere... Asked by superoverdrive - Fri May 22 04:50:52 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. Bluewater in Kent, which is the second largest in the country. Behind it, in London, come Westfields Shopping Centre, third largest in the country and Croydon (With two huge malls - Centrale and Whitgift - directly opposite each other, and a third being built, this is usually counted as one shopping location). For the London ones you might not want to take a car, since public transport is pretty good. Answered by Tirial - Fri May 22 05:05:29 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Shopping mall" |
