My American Cousin: A Comparison Between Indian and the U.S. Malls |
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Authors: | Harvinder Singh S K Bose |
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Institution: | 1. Marketing &2. Retail with Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) , Greater Noida, 201306, Uttar Pradesh, India h.singh@bimtech.ac.in;4. Department of Management , Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra , Ranchi, 835215, Jharkhand, India |
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Abstract: | Malls came into existence because of changing patterns of urbanization and ways of living. The concept has traveled from the United States to the world over. Initially, the acceptance and awareness of malls was moderate in India, but there has been a spur in the proliferation of malls during recently. Indian malls are not an exact replica of the U.S. malls: the U.S. model has been modified resulting in development of India-specific prototypes. Indian malls differ from U.S. malls in terms of financing, location, size, expansion, architecture, stage of evolution, choice of anchor tenant, entertainment-mix, and mall management practices. |
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Keywords: | Mall evolution of malls growth of malls in India financing tenant mix mall management anchor tenant |
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