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Alefjord, Pierre, and Antonio Tortorici. "Consumers rituals inside shopping malls : A qualitative study on consumers shopping rituals inside Swedish shopping malls." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-184233.
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Beyond simple shopping needs, nowadays consumers are continuously looking for the consumption of new experiences. This contemporary consumer request also unveils inside shopping centers, which as scholars recognize, are shifting functionality towards becoming centers for customer engagement.Following this trend, marketers are continuously looking into new ways to increase offer attractivity and consequently spur customer engagement. Rituals represent a possible new lens to study consumer behaviour inside the mall landscape and disclose new hidden consumers' processes for value creation.By conducting a pre-study with two mall managers, we sensed their perspective of the mall and individuated the challenges of shopping centers future development and new consumer shopping trends. In a second phase, we focused on analysing the consumer perspective and utilization of the mall by observing their shopping rituals. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 consumers constituting of both Young Professionals and families.In conclusion, different types of rituals were individualized and analysed. By applying rituals to the shopping behaviour of consumers inside shopping malls yielded several insights that resulted to be useful for managers and a valuable contribution to academic research. The results show that mall visitors consume specific rituals inside shopping malls depending on both the target groups (young professionals or families) of consumers as well as the mall experience type (seductive, functional, interactive museum or social). Young Professionals tended to be more spontaneous and socially oriented. However, families tended to shop for functional reasons and often have a planned script of their shopping ritual that they follow throughout their shopping journey at a shopping mall.
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Buhrman, Tiffany. "Effects of Hedonic and Utilitarian Shopping Satisfaction on Mall Consumption." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3188/.
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The modern consumer expects a consumption experience with both hedonic and utilitarian rewards during a single visit to the mall. The orchestrating of both hedonic and utilitarian benefits in one visit challenges mall management and retailers to deliver the maximum shopping experience. This study seeks to reveal relationships among six variables: demographic characteristics, mall shopping orientation, mall perception, hedonic satisfaction, utilitarian satisfaction, and mall consumption. The intercept survey was conducted at a major entertainment-themed mall in north Texas. Multiple regression analyses (N = 202) indicate that demographic characteristics and mall shopping orientation were significant predictors of mall perception. Also, two mall perception factors (Sensation and Physical Environment) were predictors of hedonic and utilitarian mall shopping satisfaction. However, hedonic and utilitarian mall shopping satisfaction were found not to predict mall consumption in terms of cross-shopping, money spent, and time spent.
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Leventhal, Alexis. "Landover Regional Shopping Center the perceptions and realities that caused a mall to fall /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1011.
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Moretti, GianPiero. "Entre globalisation et réalités locales : centres commerciaux et formes urbaines à Los Angeles, Montréal et Paris = Between globalization and local realities : shopping centers and urban forms in Los Angeles, Montreal and Paris." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85023.
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Since the end of World War II, the shopping center has been diffused as a building type through the western world and has acquired a central role in suburban territories. It is perceived as a "standardized" building and as the product of the process of economic globalization. Most of the time, the shopping center is conceived on the basis of regional considerations, and so it presents difficult connections with the surrounding urban tissues. Even if it contributes in an important manner to the life of suburbia, it is an introverted building that has limited relationships with exterior spaces.<br>The thesis, through an analysis of the shopping centre in the United States, Canada and France, wants to shed light on the progressive emergence of its form and spatial characteristics in those countries. This comparative study underlines the mechanisms of diffusion of the shopping center paradigm developed up in the United States and the consequences of its transfer in the other contexts. The morphological and longitudinal analysis of shopping centers located in the Los Angeles, Montreal and Paris metropolitan areas aims to evaluate the influence of the local context on the emergence of specificities related to this building type, to the urban tissues containing it, and to their respective evolution over time.
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Lui, Kwok-wai Ricky. "The roles of indoor plazas in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25798728.
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Ko, Fei. "What is the future of shopping streets in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19906432.
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Yuen, Chi-kong Andy. "Contexts of blue ocean strategy & its implications to market regional shopping arcades an analysis on marketing strategies of The APM shopping mall & the Link shopping centre /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42905680.
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Tang, Yung-chi, and 鄧勇志. "Evaluation on shopping mall renovations : lesson from the link." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194933.
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Shopping centres play an important role of Hong Kong people’s lifestyle, as they are not just places for shopping but also for community and social activities. They can provide products and services including entertainment, supermarket, dining, daily products and also other special services.
However, the overall standard for shopping centre declines over time. To deal with aged properties, shopping renovation project is a possible solution. In this paper, the needs and importance of the shopping centre renovations are assessed. From the source of existing literature, the needs of shopping centre renovations come from the failure to meet the customer satisfactions and the lack of competitiveness against other shopping centres. Renovation projects can provide improvement to the existing facilities and enhance the overall value of the shopping centres. Renovation works do not only extend the building life and make the building more desirable and economically valuable, but they can be treated as a tool to fulfill some special objectives decided by the developers.
For the next objective, upon the completed renovation projects by the Link REIT, their outcomes are assessed. To achieve this objective, seven criteria leading to shopping centre success are introduced. They are accessibility, visibility, anchor tenants, design and layout, size, tenant mix, trade mix and environment. The overall performance for pre renovation and pro renovation are measured based on these criteria and their substantial factors. For quantitative measurement, questionnaires are used for the measurement and there is an overall improvement recorded as shown by increment of scores in the seven criteria. For qualitative measurement, in-depth interviews are applied and detail ways for improvement are collected.
Finally, this research investigates the area of improvement and further suggestions will be advised in future projects. They include regular communication with target groups (tenants and shoppers), continuous minor improvements applied to the completed projects to slow down performance backslide and also the enhancement of social responsibility towards different stakeholders.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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Tutalar, Lacin. "Globalization And Shopping Malls In Ankara: Four Cases." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12609234/index.pdf.
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This study aims to understand the glocal character of shopping malls and consumption patterns in the specific case of Ankara. The shopping mall has been a manifestation of globalization in the changing urban space as well as culture in Ankara since the 1990s. It has marked a significant shift from local dispositions of consumption and retailing, too. The study explores how this shift occurs in Ankara with regard to four aspects: spatial reorganization of urban space via malls<br>changing consumption patterns and urban public culture<br>the rise of organized retailing<br>and, finally, the interplay between the global and the local in commodification processes. The data was collected from semi-structured interviews with twenty-eight salespeople in four malls, namely Begendik, Arcadium, Ankamall and Optimum. These four cases each display a distinct blend of global currents and local orientations. It was realized that malls are increasingly popular for they signify a much-needed urban space and public life for the socially and culturally differentiating people in the city. Orientations of mall visitors vary regarding age, gender, neighborhood and occupational differences, while urban or rural identities can be also effective in the social practices in different malls. The ways shop employees differentiate themselves change according to their perception of consumers in a certain mall, too.
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Tsang, Ngai-yue, and 曾羿諭. "Evaluation of the impact of the provision of various entertainments on the success of the shopping malls." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194934.
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Shopping centers is vital in our daily life. In this paper, the importance of provision of entertainments will be analyzed in details and this would be useful for owners or management companies of shopping malls if they are planning for renovations or implementing new shopping malls.
Six research questions are analyzed in this paper through conducting surveys through questionnaires, and they will be categorized into two categories, which is to determine the impact of entertainments to the success of the shopping malls and to determine the impact of the various means of entertainments to the success of the shopping malls. Convenience sampling is adopted for the data collection of questionnaires and two sets of questionnaires will be distributed only to people who lives or works in Tsuen Wan and have ever visited all of the shopping malls used for case study, that is CityWalk, Tsuen Wan Plaza and Emperor Plaza.
After performing the detailed data analysis, it is found out that most people think that provision of entertainments is an important factor that affects people’s decision to visit and shop in the shopping centers, but this factor is not as crucial as factors like location, variety of shops and provision of open spaces. Also, this factor is important to both the newly-built shopping centers and renovated old shopping centers.
Also, it is found out that differences in age groups and genders may have variations in determining the importance of provision of entertainments in general for the individual’s shopping preference. Young people relatively regarded provision of entertainments as more important factor that affect people’s decision, when compared to older people. Male also regard provision of entertainments as more important than female. Differences in age groups and genders may also show different priorities for the importance of each means of entertainments in shopping centers. Hence, we have to know the target group of the customers and to invest suitable means of entertainments or otherwise, the shopping centers cannot sustain with a high profit. For example, since there are more old people than the young people in Tsuen Wan, it is not practicable to invest a large sum of money on provision of means of entertainments which cater for the young and male more, such as the video game counters. However, it is always recommended to include the means of entertainments like the cinemas, fitness and spa centers and toy shops as investments from the owners or the management companies of the shopping centers towards these means of entertainments is relatively small, when comparing to other means of entertainments.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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Wong, Ka-yan, and 王家欣. "Homogeneous shopping malls in Hong Kong : the underlying cause." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194932.
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"Shopping malls in Hong Kong are homogeneous, the operating mode for each malls are almost the same." commented by Hong Kong shoppers. It is being criticized that Hongkongers do not have choice when they do shopping in malls, the tenant mix in every shopping malls are similar, small and medium enterprises were asked to leave the malls after tenancy expiry, their space are then replacing by well known brands or chain stores.
In this dissertation, one would first identify the extent of homogeneity of regional shopping malls in Hong Kong, selected shopping malls including New Town Plaza in Shatin, APM in Kwun Tong, Domain in Yau Tong and Cityplaza in Taikoo Shing are studied, by interviewing shoppers in those shopping malls, one would be able to understand more on their views in shopping malls homogeneity.
Shoppers' views are important in this dissertation as they are the one who make the complain on shopping malls. The tenant mix, quality design, marketing and promotions, and customer services are important factors leading to success of malls. Being the shopping mall operators, in order to increase footfall and thus sale volume of their tenants, when tenants' business improved, they could be able to pay higher rent. In result, the income of shopping malls increased.
In the second part of this dissertation, further analysis will be concluded from shopping mall operators regarding their views on shopping malls homogeneity and investigating the underlying causes for the homogeneity in different aspects. From shopping mall operators aspects, no one would be intentionally sculpture a mall which is similar to its counterparts. Operators aim at satisfying the need of their target customers so that they will visit the malls frequently. This intention might be the causes leading to the similarities of regional shopping malls as the target catchment of the regional shopping malls are larger, unlike neighbourhood shopping malls aim at serving shoppers from the estate nearby, more effort should be made in order to attract target shoppers.
Finally, the concluding chapter of this dissertation provide suggestions for further studies in Hong Kong shopping malls, an unique retail environment which is far different with shopping malls overseas. Hong Kong shopping malls are yet to be improved so that it would offer shoppers unforgettable shopping experience, it is the responsibility for every operators, both public and private ones. In result, Hong Kong could retain its name of "shopping paradise".<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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Lam, Yee-chap. "Anchor tenants in shopping centers of Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576428.
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McBrayer, David Lamar. "Country place : a suburban shopping mall at Webb, Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22401.
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Lo, Chor-lun. "Waste management in major shopping malls in Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B34737182.
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Lo, Chor-lun, and 盧楚麟. "Waste management in major shopping malls in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45013123.
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I, Diachuk R. "SHOPPING MALLS AS A FACTOR OF RADICALIZATION OF CONSUMPTION." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2017. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/28071.
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Hopkins, Jeffrey. "Landscape of myths and elsewhereness : West Edmonton Mall." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39345.
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This dissertation critiques, develops and applies a form of spatial semiotics, specifically topological semiotics, as a means of interpreting and analyzing the design, operation, use and ideological issues of West Edmonton 'Mega'-Mall (WEM) in the context of postmodern culture. Doing so promotes an understanding of the theoretical and analytical utility and limitations semiotics and postmodernism may hold for landscape studies, while furthering our knowledge about the design and social life of multi-purpose, indoor environments. Drawing from several key geographical concepts (landscape, place, placelessness), semiotic notions (icon, language, myth, sign, signification), postmodern issues (heterotopia, the crisis of interpretation, the linguistic turn), and empirical data (on-site observations, off-site questionnaires, secondary academic, government and corporate studies), the concepts of placial icon, simulated landscape and elsewhereness are developed to critique a "way of seeing" and explain what was viewed at the mega-mall. WEM's postmodern, heterotopic milieu of myths and elsewhereness is argued to collapse due to the mall's dual role as tourist centre/civic centre, making WEM an unoriginal, placeless, homotopic nowhere. Despite their theoretically overburdened and methodologically underdeveloped status, semiotics and postmodernism are shown to be useful catalysts for posing questions and initiating criticisms relevant to contemporary social theory, landscape studies and substantive social issues.
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Lam, Wai-sum Shirley. "The new meaning of shopping mall and its implications to future development /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40988417.
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Cheng, Tik-sang Steve. "Information technology for service enhancement in shopping mall a case study of MegaBox /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42905436.
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Shum, Eugene. "An urban focus : a multi purposes complex in Mong Kok /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25945270.
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Kwong, Yim-ming, and 鄺艷明. "Mall as leisure space : a comparative analysis of perceptions between Hong Kong residents and mainland visitors in shopping malls in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208030.
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Hong Kong is a popular destination for Mainland tourists for shopping tourism, particularly after the introduction of Individual Visit Scheme in 2003. Recently, there has been growing tension between local residents and Mainland visitors in sharing leisure spaces such as shopping malls. There is a need to develop a better understanding of this host-guest relationship in order to maintain sustainable tourism development.
This study is to examine shopping as a leisure experience in Hong Kong to have better knowledge of use of shopping spaces of Hong Kong residents and Mainland visitors. It is also aimed to analyze their perceptions towards shopping malls in Hong Kong, and enhance understanding of their mutual perceptions when sharing shopping mall spaces. It adopts social exchange theory to develop a theoretical framework which guides the operationalization of the investigation. Mixed methods, including questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews and documentary research are employed for the investigation. A total of 561 sets of valid questionnaires were collected in five shopping malls in Hong Kong and 10 personal in-depth interviews with both local residents and Mainland visitors were conducted.
Significant differences were found between Hong Kong residents and Mainland visitors in various research aspects. Reasons for visiting shopping malls in Hong Kong were grouped into Culture and Novelty, Relaxation, Personal Growth, Socialization, and Utilitarian Needs using factor analysis. Utilitarian Needs was a common factor, and Hong Kong residents were also motivated by Socialization while Mainland visitors were driven by Culture and Novelty. On top of shopping, leisure and manifestation of cultures, shopping malls were particularly perceived by Hong Kong residents to be places for dining, gathering point and satisfying needs of Mainland visitors. Residents also believed sharing shopping malls spaces caused loss of loss colours and crowding problems while Mainland visitors stressed the role of shopping malls in tourism city although some interviewees acknowledged possible impacts in local community. In terms of mutual perceptions, Hong Kong residents were negative about Mainland visitors’ behaviour and crowding problems while Mainland visitors tended to be positive about local residents’. Perceptions were also found to have significant association with pleasantness of experience and change of perceptions.
Contribution of this study lies on both theoretical and practical dimensions. Specifically it supplements tourism perception studies with a focus on perceptions of leisure resources and mutual perceptions in the context from a multidisciplinary and mixed methods approach using social exchange theory. Findings should also provide implications for both government and shopping mall developers, with regards to relevant policy making and business considerations for carrying capacity enhancement through balancing mutual benefits–between hosts and guests – in using local resources.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Geography<br>Master<br>Master of Philosophy
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Alhazmi, Hazim. "Shopping Malls And Spatial Interactions Of People In Saudi Arabia." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377871423.
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Fung, Cheuk-kwong. "Determinants of rents in theme malls in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25940028.
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Flaherty, Curt Patrick. "Hanging out : providing environments for the adolescent." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23212.
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Burgos, Robyn. "Commerce of the pedestrian." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2009. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Yuen, Chi-kong Andy, and 袁志江. "Contexts of blue ocean strategy & its implications to market regional shopping arcades: an analysis on marketingstrategies of The APM shopping mall & the Link shopping centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42905680.
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Morgan, H. P. "Quantitative design guidance on smoke control in shopping malls and atria." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618632.
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Long, Runfeng. "Impacts of shopping malls on the housing price - Evidence from Stockholm." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277926.
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Shopping malls, as an important type of commercial facilities, are growing dramatically.They have gradually become one of the most dominant factors that can influence people's daily life as well as a city's economic development. People's willingness to pay for dwellings is also primarily associated with the surrounding commercial layout.Hence, it is of interest to find out more from a quantitative perspective on the relationship between shopping malls and housing prices. This study aims to analyzehow the prices of condominiums will be affected by the proximity of shopping malls.Two aspects are considered and examined in the empirical study, namely a proximity to the shopping mall, and the number of shopping malls within 3 kilometers radius. Wetry to examine if there is any price premium for those apartments near the shoppingmall or with more shopping malls in the neighborhood. In this empirical study, 36shopping malls in different locations in the county of Stockholm, Sweden, is utilized.The sample of transactions consists of 336,914 apartments. By using regression analysis, based on the traditional hedonic model, the results show that there is an inverse relationship between the apartment prices and its distance from the shopping mall while the number of shopping malls is positively correlated with apartment prices.<br>Köpcentra som en viktig typ av kommersiella anläggningar växer dramatiskt dessa år. De har gradvis blivit en av de mest dominerande faktorerna som kan påverka människors vardag och en stads ekonomiska utveckling. Människors villighet att betala för husen på marknaden är också till stor del kopplad till den omgivande kommersiella utformningen. Därför är det nödvändigt för oss att ta reda på mer i ett mer kvantitativt perspektiv om förhållandet mellan köpcentra och bostadspriset. Denna studie syftar tillatt diskutera hur priset på bostäder kommer att påverkas av köpcentra. Två aspekter beaktas och undersöks under en empirisk studie, som är närheten till köpcentret och den andra är antalet köpcentra inom 3 km avstånd. Målet är att avslöja om det finns något prispremie för dessa fastigheter nära köpcentret eller med fler köpcentra i närheten. I denna empiriska studie tas 36 köpcentra på olika platser som prov i Stockholms län, Sverige. Sedan kommer transaktionsdata där proverna består av 336,914 lägenheter behandlas och analyseras i Stata. Genom att använda giltiga transaktionsdata, kombinera med matematiska ekvationer och obligatorisk statistiskkunskap, är syftet med denna studie att beskriva och sammanfatta data för att sedan genomföra regressionsanalys baserat på fyra hedoniska modeller, inklusive både linjär och log-linjär form. Regressionsresultatet är signifikant vid 1% konfidensnivå, vilket innebär att de förklarande variablerna verkligen har betydande effekter på de beroende variablerna. Resultaten visar att det finns en omvänd relation mellan bostadspriset och dess avstånd från köpcentret. Medan antalet köpcentra är positivt korrelerat med bostadspriset.
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Schweitzer, Lindsay. "Abandoned Shopping Malls: An Opportunity for Affordable, Supportive Housing in Suburbia." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554120564514838.
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Reeve, Alan Richard. "Urban design and places of spectacle : social control as an aspect of the design and management of mundane leisure space in contemporary British context." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363778.
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Wood, Dennis. "Imagineering the community: The vagrant spaces of the malls, enclave estates, the filmic and the televisual." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1029.
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The idea of 'community' is an all pervasive and persuasive notion within society. But it is an elastic concept used by diverse groups and institutions to rally people to a cause or to reassure the public in times of (perceived) calamity. Of late the various forms of the media and certain elements of society have been focussing their attention on the 'breakdown of community' values citing the (perceived) rise in crime, the (supposed) fragmentation of the family and the (hypothetical) loss of respect for authority and authority figures as contributing to an ailing communal sensibility. However, as Anderson (1983) has argued in his discussion on the rise of nationalism the 'community' is always an imagined entity. This study investigates this concept of the imagined community and looks at how this notion is manifested (and sold to the public) in the 'real' sites of the contemporary shopping malls and the ever more visible master planned communities. These sites present nostalgic impulses of a community which is in harmony with itself, specifically drawing upon the concert of no idealised 'village' ethos which speaks of a more simple life enhanced by an intimate relationship to a restorative 'natural' world. The study also seeks to discoverer how communities are represented in the 'imagined' worlds of the pictorial, filmic and televisual texts. It is suggested that these sites/sights also offer versions of a lifestyle which, in essence, sells a concept of a commendable community suggested by the mall owners/operators and the enclave estate entrepreneurs. To assist in this investigation the Disneyesque concept of 'imagineering' will he remotivated and will he linked to what McCannell (1976) called 'touristic consciousness’. The former suggests that community is found in the conjoining of the perceptual and the conceptual - the real and imagined - or what Soja calls the first and second spaces. The Iatter informs how the sites/sights for community are seen and read. Soja suggest that community is found in the third spaces or what Lefebvre calls the ‘lived’ space. However, it will be argued that there is a fourth space of 'livable' community that is inherently present in the sites/sights under discussion. This fourthspace is what can be called the vagrant space because it is both present as a fleeting spatiality and absented by the conjoining of first and second spaces. It also acts as a Foucauldian heterotopic space which when present in its absence informs notions of a participatory, coherent community, something which is seen as lacking in the 'lived' community. Thus the vagrant space suggests an 'otherness' and 'difference' within the homogeneous sameness and familiarity of the community of the third space.
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Pollok, Clemens. "The public quality of interior spaces with specific reference to shopping malls." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28137.
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Contemporary cities are to a certain extent characterized by buildings and facilities which withdraw pedestrian public activities from the exterior. The increased development of office and convention complexes, large community and shopping centres has shifted pedestrian activities from a coherent outdoor street network to isolated interiors. This process, described as the phenomenon of internalization, significantly changes the public quality of urban spaces. Exterior public space loses the liveliness of pedestrian activities and is reduced to a specialized vehicular movement. However, interior public space is an insufficient substitute for outdoor space because it provides for specific functions only which are often manipulated and controlled by private interests.
It is the intention of this thesis to identify and define the potential interior spaces have to serve as public spaces. The analysis focuses on the activity of shopping, one of the most basic daily public activities.
The thesis commences with the description of internalization and its impact on the network of public spaces. A case study of an area in downtown Vancouver indicating the location of shopping facilities demonstrates a typical distribution of public spaces in a contemporary urban structure.
A basic premise of the thesis is that the quality of interior public spaces can be evaluated by criteria for publicness which is equally valid for interior and exterior public spaces. The term public quality or publicness is defined by presenting criteria for social liveliness derived from outdoor public space. Three criteria, choice, continuity of movement space, and global order, are chosen in order to analyze selected interior shopping facilities to identify their potential to serve as public spaces. The thesis concludes that from an architectural standpoint interior spaces have a rich potential to serve as public spaces, and in particular, the promotion of an overall public movement network which connects interior with exterior public spaces enhances interior publicness. However, because of economic constraints shopping centres tend to promote the interface between customer and merchandise rather than the interaction of people and other experiences of publicness.<br>Applied Science, Faculty of<br>Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of<br>Graduate
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Lam, Chi-tak Ian, and 林子德. "A critical review of sanitary provisions in medium to large shopping malls." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48341927.
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This research explores the current situation of the Sanitary Provision in medium to large shopping malls. It outlines the develop process on the Sanitary Provision Ratio in Hong Kong, the History, Development and the Current Situation. This research also studies how the relationships between sanitary provisions and the operation / performance of shopping malls. The research involves a review of relationship between the revenue or the customer satisfying rate and the sanitary provision.
The researcher tries to make suggestions for sanitary provision in future shopping mall and compare the benefit with the falter reasons. The benefit is quantified to the revenue & customer service in particular shopping mall while comparing to the expense on offering a better sanitary provision facility. After the comparison, suggestions would be drawn on the form of sanitary provision in the future shopping mall in order to achieve a balance between Cost (extra installation on the sanitary provision) and Benefit (Good impression from the customer and Shopping Mall Revenue).<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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Ferrandi, Simon James. "The InforMALL: Shopping malls as infrastructures to support small-scale informal businesses." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28026.
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My dissertation inquiry focuses on the informal economic sector within the emerging economic area of Delft. This was born out of a personal fascination with the concept of informal or 'alternative-formal' economics. The existence of this concept was first brought to my attention through the Spaces of Good Hope Design + Research Studio (SoGH) in my BAS (Hons) year of 2016. Through site visits to the Delft, I became increasingly aware of an economic environment characterized by complex socio-spatial relationships. These differ from multi-layered, highly-mechanized business operations associated with more formal enterprises. The more time I spent observing business practices within Delft, the more I became aware of the sophistication of the sheer magnitude of the social networks which were the lifeblood of the embedded informal economy there. Admittedly, I found the whole system slightly overwhelming, struggling to understand how such apparent chaos could hide such a sophisticated economy, so different in shape and practices from the formal economy. It was during a SoGH plenary given by property economist, Francois Viruly, on the topic of the informal housing sector within South Africa, that I discovered how significant the informal economy is in sustaining livelihoods for a substantial portion of the country's population who cannot find jobs within the formal sector. Speaking frankly, Viruly, a highly regarded expert within the field of property economics, stressed that in spite of the prevalence of the informal economy within the South African context, both as a viable source of employment and a significant contributor to our formal economy, there is a distinct lack of understanding of the nature of the interface between formal and informal. The reality is that the existence of either formal or informal is dependent on the presence of the other, and sometimes, as is exemplified in the relationships between spazas, shebeens, and the corporate giants Coca-Cola and SAB-Miller within emerging economic areas, the links between survivalist enterprises and big corporates are critical. Clearly, economics, urban design and architecture need to come closer together - they need to inform each other. The spatial aspects of the economy require much more attention. Viruly posed an important question: "Can we create a built environment that starts at survivalist level and is sufficiently flexible to accommodate a fast-moving economy?"
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Stensson, Sofia. "Energy Efficiency in Shopping Malls : Some Aspects Based on a Case Study." Doctoral thesis, Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-30079.
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The building sector accounts for approximately 40 percent of our energy use. To reach existing environmental targets energy use will have to be reduced in all building types. At the European level, the main legislative instrument for improving the energy efficiency of the building stock is the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The EPBD requires all member states to implement the directive in the building code and it also requires energy declarations to be performed at the building level. The first objective of this thesis is to describe energy use in shopping malls in Sweden and to suggest how this energy use can be reduced. The second objective is to determine whether current regulatory requirements are effective in promoting energy efficiency measures in Swedish shopping malls. Only limited background information was found from national energy statistics and scientific papers that deal specifically with energy use in shopping malls. The data available are difficult to analyse and compare due to inconsistencies in terminology regarding nomenclature and system boundaries. An improved terminology is presented in the thesis, with a distinction between organisationally and functionally divided energy, to facilitate future studies. Furthermore, when it comes to designing shopping malls and evaluating their energy use, correct input data are required. For calculations and simulations of energy demand in buildings, internal and external load patterns are important input data. The thesis provides occupancy, lighting and infiltration load data for shopping malls. Energy use in one shopping mall was investigated in detail and resulted in a validated calculation model for the prediction of energy use. To develop the calculation model an iterative empirical-theoretical methodology was used. It involved cross-checking measured data, assumptions related to operational and technical data, and model calculation results. The calculation model was then used for a more general analysis of energy efficiency measures and an evaluation of regulatory requirements. The thesis illustrates how the current building code and energy declarations are implemented in shopping malls today together with associated strengths and weaknesses.
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Lai, Wai-kwan, and 賴慧君. "Shopping mall repositioning : a case study of New Town Plaza." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194922.
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Hong Kong is an international metropolis and “Shopping Paradise”. Therefore, shopping in Hong Kong becomes one of the popular and important customary activities for the people. To compete with the keen and rapid change of market competition and shoppers’ living style and prevent old and deteriorated mall image, it is important for mall owner and operator to upkeep mall’s competitiveness by refurbishment work and repositioning exercises. To examine the repositioning strategies of Shopping Mall in Hong Kong, case study of New Town Plaza would be the selected mall in this research for further evaluation. Face to face interviews were conducted with Shoppers and Tenants respectively regarding their perception of mall image and competiveness attributes, including mall image, shopping environment and accessibility attributes among selected shopping mall-New Town Plaza before and after refurbishment work. At last, it found that mall repositioning exercise had drawn a great influence on different stakeholders. Based on research result, it showed that interviewees generally recognized that brand image of tenants, mall’s image and competiveness were improved after mall refurbishment. Also, more high-ended shoppers were attracted to visit and shop in the mall. As comparing with before refurbishment work, Interviewees were visited more and stayed longer due to its freshness image and modern design. Although mall refurbishment work and repositioning exercise brings lots of positive feedbacks for different stakeholders and extend the product life of the mall, it does not represent such exercise appropriate for applying in all shopping mall. Therefore, mall owner or operator was reminded to take further consideration for planning such work and finally recommendations were suggested for them in considering the repositioning and refurbishment work in the future too.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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CAROLINE, ANDERSSON. "Shopping as an experience." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20331.
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The consumption society is expanding with stores and shopping malls which require that a store as well as a mall distinguish from the great mass. Today's consumption society is a difficult marketplace for companies to reach out to their consumers. In this master thesis it has been investigated how shopping malls can create competitive advantages in a saturated market. It has also been researched how the similarity of the stores in shopping malls affect the future development of the concept in itself. The research has been carried out through a qualitative research method and a case study of three different shopping malls in Stockholm, Sweden: Brunogallerian, Forum Nacka and Vällingby City. Four respondents have been interviewed from each shopping mall. The investigation has also been supplemented by a online consumer survey of 105 people. There has been used a theoretical framework based on relationship marketing, branding strategies, experience- and sensory marketing. Throughout the thesis it has consistently been used four fields of knowledge with the aim of facilitate the common thread throughout the thesis. The four fields are: Shopping malls on the Swedish market, Image and branding of shopping malls, Creating relationships with the consumers and Shopping as an experience. Furthermore, it has been presented the empirical results of the interviews and the consumer survey according to the previously mentioned fields. The result of the interviews and the theoretical findings has been analyzed and further on been discussed with the purpose of discover own theories and results. In conclusion, it has been stated that it is of great importance to offer the consumer added value and niche the profile and the retail mix of the shopping mall in a unique way. It is also essential to get to know its target group by creating events and activities that address the certain target. The similarity of the stores in the malls is profitable and the great mass of consumers demand for the large retail chains. In the future there can be a major development of more niche stores in the large shopping malls, with the aim of attract a broader as well as a more definite target group.<br>Program: Magisterutbildning i fashion management med inriktning modemarknadsföring
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She, Youtian. "The Riverfront Shopping Garden, a shopping center at Riverfront West, Cincinnati, Ohio." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/916985.
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The objective of this creative project is to create a new type of shopping environment that will constitute not only a shopping facility but a scenic attraction for the city as well. The Shopping Garden provides an image for the city in which it is located; it becomes a meeting place or center for various activities that improve the physical and social environment.One of the most important ideas is to add more natural elements, such as natural lighting, ventilation, and natural views into the shopping environment. The concept of "garden" takes the traditional Chinese garden as a reference point, with its philosophy of the relation between man and nature. The idea of divided green spaces and courtyards can be seen in the roof and terraces of the Shopping Garden.Functionally and conceptually, this project suggests how an urban type shopping center can compliment or enrich its urban context and how it could be developed.<br>Department of Architecture
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Gershenson, Andrea Sirotsky. "Contrato de locação em Shopping Center." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2014. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/6604.
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Previous issue date: 2014-09-26<br>This study analyzes the lease contract of a specific type of business organization: the Shopping Mall. We will analyze the characteristics of this kind of development and other aspects that make it a complex and unique structure and which also make it distinct from other commercial centers. Even after the Lease Law was sanctioned (Law 8.245/91), which defined the relationship between the entrepreneur and the shopkeeper as a location, it is possible to consider the peculiarities of this kind of business and notice that there is still controversy about the legal nature of this kind of contract. Thus, we will study the doctrinal positions on the legal nature of the mall, and later qualify it as a typical or atypical contract. The legal business will be contextualized within the modern view of contract law, analyzing its main principles, in particular social function, equity and good faith. We will analyze the Mall contract and its peculiar clauses under the perspective of those paradigms. We will then approach the subject of how the termination of this kind of contract would work in case of breach of its provisions, and its chances for revision or alteration. Finally, this study will weave considerations about termination or renewal actions as far as the lease contract in shopping malls is concerned<br>O presente estudo busca analisar o contrato de locação em um tipo específico de organização comercial: o Shopping Center. Serão analisadas as características dessa espécie de empreendimento e demais aspectos que tornam sua estrutura única e complexa, diferenciada dos demais formatos de centros comerciais. Mesmo após sancionada a Lei de Locações (Lei 8.245/91), que definiu a relação existente entre o empreendedor e o lojista como de locação, diante das peculiaridades dessa espécie de negócio, ainda existe controvérsia sobre a natureza jurídica do contrato. Assim, serão investigados os posicionamentos doutrinários acerca da natureza jurídica do shopping center, para posteriormente qualificá-lo como contrato típico ou atípico. O negócio jurídico será contextualizado dentro da visão moderna do direito contratual, analisando-se os seus princípios informadores, em especial o da função social, equidade e da boa-fé. Analisar-se-á sob a ótica dos referidos paradigmas o contrato de shopping center e suas cláusulas peculiares. Será abordado, então, como funciona a resolução dessa espécie de contrato diante do descumprimento de suas cláusulas e suas hipóteses de revisão ou alteração. Por fim, o presente estudo tecerá considerações acerca das ações revisionais e renovatórias do contrato de locação em shopping center
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Miller, Jacob C. "Consumption, Dispersed. Techno-Malls and Embodied Assemblages at Chiloé Island, Chile." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613225.
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In recent decades, the built environment has become a political device in new ways. To attend to these particularities, a broadly defined post-humanism has reshaped the way that geographers and other researchers think about what matters in everyday life and what those materials have to do with the question of subjectivity. The critical insights of the "cultural turn" have been updated with reference to the many ways that landscapes and built environments are always embodied experiences that emerge in relation to broader non-human and technological environments. The geographies of consumption, in particular, have been strongly impacted by new technologies that govern the flow of commodities into new spaces, including our everyday lives. This dissertation draws on recent theories of embodiment-including affect and emotion-to explore the politics of the new technological consumer landscapes that have proliferated world wide in the second half of the twentieth century. In Latin America, this expansion was made possible through militarized interventions during periods of dictatorship strongly linked to the geopolitics of the Cold War. Taking Chile as an exemplary case of a rapidly emerging mass consumer society, this dissertation charts the expansion of a dominant sector of society (retail) into new territory, the Chiloé archipelago in southern Chile. The embattled "Mall Paseo Chiloé" offers up an opportunity to explore how embodied feelings are implicated in the production of new consumer landscapes through affective, emotive and non-human interventions.
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Chan, Ho-kuen, and 陳浩權. "Customer service and shopping centre management in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4440038X.
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Kerley, Eric Scott. "All stripped down : Iconography in the American Mini-Mall." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22722.
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Kwong, Tung-wing Albert, and 鄺東榮. "Evaluation of information technology application in retail marketing in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207633.
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Hong Kong is renowned for its name of shopping paradise in the past several decades. It not only has the attractive street markets, but also has the different styles, themes and levels of shopping malls. Indeed, the retail industry of Hong Kong serves both visitors and Hong Kong local people as well. From the figures of Hong Kong Retail Management Association, it recorded HK$494,456 million dollars overall retail sale in 2013 and 267,703 person were employed as the workforce under retail as at December 2013.
In the past two decades, many large, trendy and featured shopping malls were built, and they were mostly developed and owned by the major developers as a long term investment for rental return. However, as Hong Kong is just a small city, thus this leads to keener competitions between the shopping malls in order to attract shoppers to increase the turnover of the shop tenants inside, thus the rental receivables to the developers in turn.
In order to attract more shoppers, other than the asset enhancements, improvements and renovation projects carried out by the shopping malls within a short period of time to have a fresh feeling to the shoppers and improve the deficiencies of the malls, many new and innovative marketing activities were carried out by them as well, such as placing 100 number of full height Doraemom mascots (a famous Japanese cartoon character) outside the shopping mall, arranging a 20 meter height inflatable Holland designer rubber duck to be display on the sea outside the shopping mall, organizing overnight cheering up activities for the student at the eve of the announcement of public exam, providing overnight live broadcasting of World Cup, etc.
Besides the above, many information technologies were incorporation in the shopping malls nowadays so as to provide a convenience, better feelings and involvement to the shoppers. Other than retail, telecommunications in Hong Kong is also the leading edge in the world. The mobile penetration rate is 238.6 percent by February 2014, that means every Hong Kong people has over two mobile phones; in which, around 72% is using 3G/4G, it means around two-third of mobile subscribers are using smartphones. For the marketing of the shopping malls, they also provide many information technology applications in order to attract the shoppers. For example, sophisticated webpage design, mobile apps, Facebook, Weibo, Twitter, Instagram, were made for their shopping mall.
In this paper, we will evaluate of using such information technology applications in the retail marketing under the context of shopping malls in Hong Kong.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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Dlamini, Joe. "Rural malls changing the retail landscape in Limpopo." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79341.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>The influx of malls into townships and rural villages post-1994 is well-documented,
and researchers such as McGaffen (2010) have attributed this influx to the rising
buying power of the Black middle class and other poverty intervention programs
created by the government. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact
of establishing malls in rural Limpopo on spazas and general dealers. Furthermore,
the study also evaluated the responses of both spazas and general dealers to
competition from the malls.
In this regard, 50 outlets composed of 25 spazas and 25 general dealers were
interviewed face-to-face on their premises. These in-depth interviews were
conducted using the semi-interview guidelines to gain the views of the store owners
on the impact of malls in areas such profitability, employment, and the products sold
in their outlets. The research further evaluated strategies employed by these outlets
in order to cope with the competition from the malls.
The main findings were that malls do have an impact on profitability, employment,
and the products of both the spazas and general dealers. Similarly, the impact on
customers was a mixed bag in that some establishments experienced a decline in
the number of customers using their outlets, while at least one spaza shop saw an
increase in the number of customers. Finally, the spazas and general dealers
employed a number of strategies, such credit facilities, longer operating hours, and
focusing on products generally not sold in the mall, in order to counter the impact of
competition from the malls.
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Ryall, Carol Gillian. "The design of urban space : recording and analysing the effects of design on human behaviour patterns in urban space /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARCHSM/09archsmr988.pdf.
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Wong, Chit-yu, and 黃婕妤. "A study of the factors affecting the preference of choice for local shoppers between e-shopping and shopping malls in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207655.
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After walking through a decade since the millennium, shopping has been undergoing a remarkable transformation. From the most primitive form of exchanging goods with money on streets to the development of retail outlets and department stores, online shops are rapidly booming as one of the modern shopping preferences nowadays.
This paper focuses to investigate the factors affecting shoppers' preference of choice between online shopping and mall shopping. The exploratory study examined 3 groups of shoppers including mall shoppers, online shoppers and cross shoppers to compare and contrast their concerned motives and behaviour as appeared in the two shopping modes. The comparison was based on a theoretical model derived in part from Fishbein and Ajzen.s "Theory of Reasoned Action (1980)"; Cowles, Kieker, and Little "E-tailing Theory (2002)”, Tauber (1972)'s Situational I Personal shopping motives model and a comprehensive literature review. The model identified the theoretical factors anticipated to influence the shoppers' groups shopping behaviors.
A total of 297 shoppers in 3 shopping malls served as the purposive questionnaire samples. Factors derived from literatures were incorporated into the survey questions to identify the group of shoppers adopting e-shopping, cross shopping and mall shopping and their respective factors affecting their preference of choice. It was reviewed that apart from the various 'consumer', 'marketing' and 'technology' factors affecting e-shoppers, some of the factors were also found influencing the mall shoppers' preferences of choice in a similar way. Likewise, traditional factors motivating people to shop in mall have also infused with new social elements due to the e-era and people's change of lifestyle. In addition, special features and positioning in various malls were also discovered to exert a different impact on shoppers' option.
To further enrich the research, face-to-face interview was also conducted with an online store manager and a shopping mall manager to obtain information from the management perspective. In reviewing their perceived reasons as to affect shoppers' preference to e-shopping and mall shopping, on top of the similar factors as suggested in the literatures, they both put much emphasis on the tactical strategies in business operation. Insights were drawn that online stores and shopping malls may not be direct competitors as one may not substitute the other. Recommendations on future business planning in each shopping mode were also made by frequently reviewing shoppers' desire and wants.
The paper was concluded by summarizing the findings and to forecast the future shopping trends. Recommendations were also made to online stores and shopping mall operators to cope with shoppers' preferences and maximise their profit.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Housing Management<br>Master<br>Master of Housing Management
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Zondi, Goodwill Musawenkosi. "Investigating the social and economic effect of Jabulani and Maponya Malls on the residents of Soweto." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8536.
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Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>The advent of shopping malls in the township called Soweto is allegedly having social and economic effects on residents. The aim of this study is to establish the effect of the two shopping malls known as Maponya and Jabulani on the residents of this township, which is the biggest township in South Africa. To achieve this, the study looked at the effect of these shopping malls on existing businesses (such as those housed in old shopping centres, general dealers, spaza shops, shebeens and street vending), property values and shoppers residing in Soweto.
To facilitate a clear understanding of the social and economic effects of shopping malls in Soweto, the study looked at the history of the township and the reasons that accounted for the lack of economic infrastructure and hence the lack of proper shopping facilities in black townships. Events, reasons and conditions that had to be met leading to the present situation, in which a number of retail shopping facilities in black townships have been developed, were discussed and compared to the development of shopping malls in other countries. However, the main focus of this study is on the two big shopping malls known as Jabulani Mall located on the corner of Bolani Road and Koma Road in Jabulani, the traditional heartland of Soweto, and Maponya Mall located in Old Potchefstroom Road (now Chris Hani Road) opposite the township called Pimville.
The study looked at international as well as local literature dealing with the effect of shopping malls on shoppers, small businesses and residential property values. From the literature review, it became evident that the advent of shopping centres in areas where there had been none has noticeable economic and/or social impacts on the area.
A total of 58 businesses (13 spaza shops, 12 general dealers, 12 shebeens/taverns, 12 street vendors and 9 shops located in old shopping centres), four estate agencies and 75 households were interviewed face to face. Businesses were interviewed on their business premises and households were interviewed in their places of residences using semi-structured questions.
The study found that shoppers were positively affected. Convenience, time and cost-savings were the main factors cited to contribute to the respondents‟ positive feelings about these two malls. On the business side, spaza shops and general dealers were negatively affected, while shebeens and street vending were positively affected.
The overall effect of these two shopping malls was as follows: All the local businesses combined experienced a decline of five per cent in their business while shopping trips by residents to malls outside Soweto declined by five per cent.
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Lorson, Deanna Marie. "Revitalization of the Church and Lugonia neighborhood shopping center in the city of Redlands." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/882.
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Drake, Daniel E. "Trip generation and parking duration characteristics of eight strip malls in Atlanta." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21417.
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Tong, Xiao. "Creation of brand equity in the Chinese clothing market." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4367.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 9, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.