Mall media. Making the mass marketplace into the next mass medium

This paper reports on the emergence of a new U.S. mass medium in enclosed shopping malls.

Mall Media

Making the Mass Marketplace into the Next Mass Medium

Beth CorbettNielsen Media Research, United States

Barb JohnsonProfessional Services, ShopperTrak RCT, United States

Bill Moult Sequent Partners, United States

Jim SpaethSequent Partners, United States

MALLS AS A MASS MARKETPLACE

The enclosed shopping mall in the United States has become the ultimate retail marketplace. The typical US enclosed mall garners over $129 million in retail sales annually. Across the country in 2003, enclosed malls captured more than $300 billion in sales. By comparison, e-commerce made headlines when it generated $24 billion in sales. When compared to...

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