A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term mall originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, it began to be used as a … See more

The International Council of Shopping Centers, based in New York City, classifies two types of shopping centers as malls: regional malls and … See more

Forerunners to the shopping mall
Shopping centers in general may have their origins in public markets and, in the Middle East, covered bazaars.
In 1798, the first … See more

Food court
A common feature of shopping malls is a food court: this typically consists of a number of fast food vendors of various types, surrounding … See more

In the United States, Persian Gulf countries, and India, the term shopping mall is usually applied to enclosed retail structures (and is generally abbreviated to simply mall), while … See more

Vertical malls
High land prices in populous cities have led to the concept of the "vertical mall", in which space allocated to retail is configured over a number of stories accessible by elevators and/or escalators (usually both) … See more

Europe
There are a reported 222 malls in Europe. In 2014, these malls had combined sales of US$12.47 billion. … See more