SHOPPING MALL AS A LEISURE DESTINATION SUFIAN HAMAT SCHOOL OF HOUSING‚ BUILDING AND PLANNING UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA‚ PENANG SUPERVISOR: DR. NURWATI BADARUZZAMAN ASSOC. PROF. DR ABDUL GHAFAR e-mail: Sufian@iiu.edu.my Shopping mall has become part of a ‘way of life’. The place is a destination frequented by many levels and age groups of people during leisure time and weekends. The intentions of going to the mall now are no longer confined to shopping
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Thoughts on “At the Galleria Shopping Mall” In “At the Galleria Shopping Mall‚” Tony Hoagland expresses anxiety about and dreads the impact of modern American traditions and standards at the beginning of the new millennium. In the second line of the poem‚ he says “there are some 49-dollar Chinese made TVs.” This shows how America imports a lot of electronic devices from China‚ just about everything from TVs to iPhones to computers. Chinese labor is cheaper and quicker‚ making more sense to
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The evolution of modern retail formats in India from the days of the primitive weekly markets or village fairs gradually changed the face of retailing from an entertainment orientation to a more conscious profession of delivering consistent quality shopping Experience. Retailing appeared in the Indian Horizon in the 70’s when shops like Raymonds‚ Nalli’s and Bata set up their exclusive stress and /or franchisees. The early 80’s witnessed the emergence of “Akbar ally’s” in Mumbai and “spencers” in Chennai
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of communicators during interaction. Importance:- Nonverbal communication is the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) cues between people. It is one of the most important methods of communication in shopping malls as it needs to be communicated to a large number of people. When the other person or group is absorbing the message they are focused on the entire environment around them‚ meaning the other person uses all five senses in the interaction: 83% sight
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How to Know if You have it“ claims that malls have negative effect on people. In author‘s opinion‚ shopping centres make people sick: they usually get tired very fast‚ feel anxious and even lost the perception of place and time. The disease‚ which has got the name Mallaise‚ has such sypmtoms as: difficulties in concentrating‚ extreme nervousness or unjustified worries. This sickness affects people who usually hates shopping or just wandering around the mall. William Kowinski even confessed that
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at a shopping mall? Staggering movie times would mean less wait in the concession‚ people don’t like to wait and if you have 4 movies showing at the same time with 60 people at each showing‚ and if 25% of the people want concession foods‚ that could be 80 people waiting in line for a movie that starts in 10 min. It is less hassle for the movie theaters to stagger times for their concessions rather than all at the same time. A Mulitscreen theater showing helps the mall revenue. The malls always
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Role of Malls in Dubai Shopping Festival Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) takes place every winter with its mammoth array of discounts‚ competitions‚ prizes‚ fireworks and entertainment. DSF offers amazing shopping discounts‚ attracting holiday makers from around the globe keen on grabbing a bargain. Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) started on February 15‚ 1996 as a retail event intended to revitalize retail trade in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates. It has since been promoted as a tourist attraction. This
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STUDY OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN SHOPPING MALLS INTRODUCTION Marketplaces in urban demographic settings attract a large number of buyers and sellers‚ which can be termed as market thickness. The co-existence of many shopping malls with traditional markets in a marketplace causes market congestion. This problem may be resolved by developing small kiosks for transactions and allowing consumers to test out customised products and services from the main stores The growth of market share for specialised
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I decided to visit on Oct‚ 2007 since I had not been there for fifteen years. On my way to my home from the airport‚ I took notice of a big mall which had been constructed in my absence and this prompted me to list it as one of the vacation route destination. On that fateful day‚ my friend accompanied me to the mall‚ where we watched a movie‚ did some shopping and had great food in a restaurant. We had lots of fun strolling along the alley when a sudden and deafening explosion occurred resulting to
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levels of staff; 2) Programme and Performance: Solid accomplishments of shopping malls on environmental sustainability‚ including resources and energy saving‚ waste management‚ improving on environmental quality such as noise control and indoor air quality; 3) Partner Synergy: Shopping malls’ effort on encouraging stakeholders to achieve synergy on environmental sustainability. All measures and practices by the shopping mall management which contribute to environmental sustainability are regarded
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