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From: thill@ssc-bee.UUCP (Tom Hill)
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Subject: Re: Shopping Malls
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 10:48:13 EST
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>  
> Otherwise, Tom Hill's statement:
> > Further it has been shown that there are may be
> > 1 or 2 spots left in the United States that would be able to handle such
> > a mall.  
>  
> is prima facie, absurd.  I know of at least one mall being built in
> my own local area, I am sure that practically everyone on the net
> can name another mall being built in their area.
> For Tom's information I suggest that everyone on the net who knows
> of a mall being built in their area send him mail so he will see
> that such is indeed the case.
>  
>      tim sevener   whuxn!orb

The reference was (and still is) _Contemporary Marketing_ by Boone and Kurtz.
Since takes about 400,000 people within a 30 minute driving time to 
support a large shopping mall (ie. 50+ stores and several large Department
stores) the fact remains that the consumer market has been saturated with
these malls and the projection is that local malls (up to 50 stores with
one or two larger stores) have the most growth potential during the next
ten yrs.

Those are the facts according to the most recent marketing data.  You could
have quite a career in marketing Tim if you are able to produce data to
the contrary.  One example does not a case make...


Smile,

Tom Hill