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The “Great Mall Resurgence” in the American retail market

Inside Retail

The mall concept as we know it began in 1956 with the opening of the Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota. For example, in September 2023, the Chandler Fashion Centre in Arizona opened a 250,000 square-foot Scheels, a sporting goods chain, where visitors could experience attractions like riding on a ferris wheel or visiting an aquarium.

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Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades

Inside Retail

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.

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How HomePro aims to grow in Thailand’s fragmented DIY market 

Inside Retail

Better yet, the urban and middle-class growth is not occurring exclusively in Bangkok: governments at the national and provincial levels are working strenuously to balance growth across the country as a whole, creating more and better retail markets outside the capital. HomePro has a couple of large competitors.

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