Mall Management Strategies

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|By : Prof. A. K. Sharma |
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The Mall management strategy that I would be talking builds on the basic idea of interdependence between the Mall and the Retailer. It focuses on the business benefits that can accrue out of collaborated business management between the Mall Developers and the Retailers. This is not to say that the association between these two parties does not exist in the current scenario. Mall developers and Retailers do collaborate, but this collaboration has not been formalized and even when it is formalized, it is rather sporadic in nature. Thus the whole focus of this article is on suggesting a structured and formal way of collaboration between the Retailer and the Mall.

This concept is a whole process of enhancing customer traffic, sharing costs and increasing the profit margins.

Strategic Perspectives

Sharing the Burden-Collaborative Management

If we look at the customer's perspective, there are two major benefits that every customer seeks out of shopping in a Mall. One is an overall experience and the other is a whole variety of goods under one roof. These two expectations cannot be met satisfactorily either by the Mall developer or the Retailer. But if roles are clearly defined and each one develops a core competence, then a fantastic synergy can arise between the two parties. The Mall and the Retailer should work out a strategy where the Mall focuses on enhancing the overall experience