Talk:Shopping mall

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Something interesting if someone has access[edit]

Frishammar, Johan (9 February 2018). "Digital strategies for two-sided markets: A case study of shopping malls". Decision Support Systems – via Elsevier Science Direct.

The gallery being removed:[edit]

Can anyone who read an article please explain why did one editor removed the gallery for being too harsh on mobile as a claim? I mean that it was removed, but one did not elaborate on why it was removed by one. Plus, that gallery is supposed to present these examples on what shopping malls definitely resemble in real life. But however, I added one photo on the gallery, same with many of these editors who add photos on the gallery. If one of them returned, can you please undo and add back the gallery to this article, so it can continually be added with photographs by other readers and editors? Thank you. So, let that sink in! Periodt. - ThatCaliforniaLover2019 (talk) 00:37, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:IG. This gallery was excessive and @Magnolia677 (and myself) were perfectly justified in removing it. There are already a large number of shopping mall interior and exterior images throughout the body of the article. All that is needed in this case to provide further images is a link to the appropriate Wikimedia Commons category - which is exactly what is present in the external links section. 10mmsocket (talk) 07:10, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cleveland Arcade[edit]

The Cleveland Arcade, the oldest shopping mall in the U.S (1890), and partially inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (1877), really deserves a mention, and probably a photograph. Please take a look at its Wikipedia page. SteGenevieve (talk) 15:07, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ukranian nalls missing from ranking[edit]

There are multiple major malls in Ukraine that would be big enough to join the ranking. Furthermore the Blockbuster Mall is Europe's biggest. Makes no sense leaving it out. Refer to the article below. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Ukraine 2003:E3:5746:CB66:7D53:265E:7C18:7BA7 (talk) 18:47, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Malls Missing?[edit]

Malls in Australia are seemingly Missing. Chadstone shopping centre (#1 AUS) seems to easily make the list. Fountain gate (#2 AUS) might make it too. Worth looking into? 2001:8003:5CF4:3700:2416:6E5:3504:9308 (talk) 02:21, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Newspaper article on malls rebounding[edit]

"Malls have rebounded thanks to an unlikely source: Gen Z" (Los Angeles Times) Mapsax (talk) 02:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that article. But that trend is not going to save America from the fact that it still has far too many malls and shopping centers, as well as the fact that power centers and lifestyle centers have lower overhead and lower prices than traditional malls. For example, traditional American department stores, the shopping mall's traditional anchor, are still slowly dying. It's not clear when America will find the right number of department stores that can survive against e-commerce, Walmart, Amazon, and Zara, and now fast fashion sites like Shein and Temu. It's probably going to take another decade for excess older malls to finish dying and for the American shopping mall industry to eventually stabilize around a core group of popular upscale malls. --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:16, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]