Social Observation Of The Southlands Mall In Centennial

To keep a local suburban regional shopping mall from reaching its decline, there are a few things that must be done to keep your mall relevant in today’s society. One must spend time and money during the maturity phase to keep with today’s trends. Getting more or newer department or anchor stores may help to draw in business. Then fill the other empty spaces with specialty stores, offering products that consumers can’t get anywhere else. Another option for managers is to find a niche in the community that will draw consumers in.

When entering a mall of people, I witness different shoppers. I see people that are low class, middle class and high class. I stereotype these people as window shoppers, buyers on a budget and the over buyers by their appearance and the different shopping centers in Kansas City.

Norton, Anne. “The Signs of Shopping.” Signs of Life in the U.S.A.: Readings on Popular

The mall in this book is much larger than the mall in my town. “From there it was a quick jog around the central fountain to the elevators up to the third floor, which contains a multiplex theater, giant bookstore, bowling alley, ice-skating rink, and sit-down

According to Norton the malls, as well as catalogs and home shopping, are networks that helps to define one’s identity while enhancing social interaction and class distinction. Norton believes that due to shopping women can exert authority, which often it cannot be expressed in the domestic environment. It is an occasion to spend enjoyable time with friends out of sight, but even more by the judgment of husbands. In other words, shopping at the mall the women subvert the roles, which sees them somehow subjected to the desires or opinions of their husbands. Also, Norton describes malls as showcases used by companies to “sell you they want by telling you who you are.”

The National Mall: A place with rich history that has served as the hub for American politics and antiquity. I wasn’t too excited on that Friday morning (not really a morning person), but I got up and was ready to embark on an endeavour full of service.

The Mall of America (MOA) in Minneapolis opened its doors in the summer of 1992 to great fanfare. Touted as the largest mall in the world, it was divided into four courts, each with its own dining areas. For many people, the MOA represented the best—and worst—of the suburban shopping mall taken to its ultimate extreme. The sheer size and scale of the mall was unprecedented, as were the entertainment options; the centre of mall featured both an amusement park and an aquarium.

The lust of desire encourages irrational behavior in human beings that is not always beneficial. This can be proven through a town becoming “real” after the creation of a mall in a rural area. “City X” effectively explains the urban development of malls and the aftermath of local business owners and farmers and the economy. The passion and desire for the mall led to local ruin within the community. While the mall thrived, the small businesses and corn fields became victims of failure and financial downfall. The automobile produced a world where the mall was a necessity. However, with this great want and necessity comes a responsibility to keep the economy well off for all people within the town. The short term effects made the mall seem as

In Miami, the South Beach Mall is known to have a big amount of visitors. It is a very crowded place with hardly any space. Packed hallways and crowed store which are filled with people. My experience there will help me explain how populated the mall was during that time. During its busiest time of the year it is outrageous.

When heading to the local mall, we don’t stop and think about all the different types of people we will be seeing as we walk down the aisles of our favorite shops. We figure out what we need or what it is that we need to look for and we don’t look back until all of the shopping is complete. Never have I ever stopped to think about what everyone else might be doing there, until now. It is very important for us to understand what types of situations, people may be in and why they act the way they do when at the town shopping mall.

8. There are different four different kinds of norms they are formal, informal, mores, and folkways. Formal norms are written down and specify strict punishments for violating them. Formal norms in the United States are known as laws. Informal norms are usually understood but they are not written down. These are the norms that most people know and that things you know are rude are not right to do so you try not to use them. An example of an informal norm would be talking during a movie. This is

In order to complete this assignment, students were invited to visit the Park Meadows Mall and observe the demographics, the prevalent features or characteristics of different areas of the shopping center. The three areas the class were to stop at were the Nordstrom’s region, the JCPenney’s region, and the food court region. All three of them can be characterized as regions because common features are shared within them. The Nordstrom’s region displayed itself as an area designed mostly for older and wealthier customers, presumably women, as it contained many expensive furniture stores, as well as a Victoria’s Secret and an infant clothing store. The areas around the stores are more spacious and the lights are dimmed. The absence of small children

Today's malls are the centers for teenage hangouts, parent-child bonding, and, most of all, consumerism- the centers of today's society. These large complexes house both local and chain stores, food courts, arcades, public space (used for fashion shows and picture ops with the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause). The minute you walk into the mall, usually via a department store, sales and advertisements hit you in the face, and the sense of money exchaning hands

This first time I remember walking through the mall in New Jersey I was a little girl holding my mother’s hand. This mall is a dismal place, with one level and one major department store on each end. The elongated brown brick walls made me feel like I am walking into a dungeon, into the land of the abyss. It was not a joyous place for a child to visit. On one occasion, my mother brought me an ice cream cone and with one lick it was on the floor. I never saw my mother so mad before; she picked up the ice cream and demanded I receive another one. Little did I know that this dark dreary space was going was my future place of employment. The mall was not a place I hung out at as a teenager, first, it was too far and second we had a downtown to shop. While I was away at school they remodeled the mall and expanded the space into a mega palace to include four levels of bright lights, white walls, shining floors, glass elevator and a skylight. The mall added a movie theater, bookstore, hair salons, restaurants, food court, computer stores, post office, and fitness center, just to name a few minor changes. I was speechless, walking around the same mall as I did as a child with amazing like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory.

The physical appearance of the mall also contributes to mall preferences. These include availability of unique store design, good air quality and lightning, temperature, spaciousness of internal layout, cleanliness, and even ease of finding car parking lot (Ibrahim et al., 2002). Other factors that influence the mall environment perceptions are fashion, clean, organization, reflection of local culture, appeal, sensible, and function (Kinley et al., 2003). Having adequate aisles and easy to follow layout positively adds to mall choice (Keep et. al., 1995; Ibrahim et. al., 2002). Interestingly, they also found differential influence from the environmental factors on excitement and desire to stay.