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The Art of Mall Management
The Art of Mall Management
Background
Definition
Stages
deadline
Leasing – In house or outsourced
Tier II and III cities face unique issues which are not seen in
metros.
Customer characteristics
Less traveled
No exposure to modern facilities
Suffers from ‘Glass syndrome.’ A typical Indian customer
is used to bad shopping conditions, bad hygiene, poor
systems and methods to an extent that when he enters a
mall which is clean/ polished/ shining with glasses
/escalators and elevators/ air conditioning/ spic and span
toilets, he feels that the cost of the same has inbuilt in the
products that are being sold there.
Developer’s end
Brands end
At the end of the day only those malls which follow Darwin’s
theory will survive. “Survival of the fittest.”
Anshu Mathur
PGD Retail Com’n Mgmt [MICA], MBA Marketing, B.E. Production
General Manager
Himalaya Mall Ahmedabad