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, … See more

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

Forerunners to the shopping mall
Shopping centers in general may have their origins in public markets and, in the Middle East, covered 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 a shared seating area.
Department stores
When the shopping … See more

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

Vertical malls
High land prices in populous cities have led to the concept of the "vertical mall", in which space … See more

Europe
There are a reported 222 malls in Europe. In 2014, these malls had combined sales of US$12.47 billion. This represented a 10% bump in revenues from the prior year.
U.K. and Ireland See more