Malls/retail parks

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    Abstract

    Malls and retail parks emerged as familiar features of everyday social life following the appearance and dissemination of large supermarket chains and hypermarkets. They are commonly developed alongside processes of gentrification as anchor or auxiliary elements as part of inner city regeneration projects and have also been developed as regional shopping centers located in peripheral locations. The boundaries between malls and retail parks have become increasingly blurred as they are now commonly found on one site, typically at an out-of-town location. More recently, these retail formats have been faced with considerable challenges namely, the effects of the financial crisis in 2008, intraregional competition, the rapid advance of e-commerce, and the experience economy impacting upon consumer behavior.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Encyclopedia of Human Geography
    EditorsAudrey Kobayashi
    PublisherElsevier Limited
    Pages253-257
    Number of pages5
    Edition2nd
    ISBN (Electronic)9780081022955
    DOIs
    Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 4 Dec 2019

    Keywords

    • City center
    • Consumerism
    • E-commerce
    • Malls
    • New retail geography
    • Retail parks

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