| Online shopping malls make the world a smaller place | | Posted Friday, May 05, 2006 9:07:03 AM by Rose Martins | Online shopping from a virtual shopping mall is becoming more and more popular. People prefer to shop in the comfort and quiet of their own homes, and are willing to take a chance in purchasing an item that they haven't physically seen or touched.
 Most online shopping malls have very tight security systems, protecting shoppers from the dangers of fraud and credit card theft, and protecting themselves, the online store, from hackers and thieves. Most online payments will be checked and confirmed before the purchase is approved and sent off to the customer. 
The internet allows some great discounts when shopping at an online mall. It's easy to research the required item, and to determine which online shopping store or mall is offering the best deal at the best price.
Online shopping malls also bridge a gap, allowing the world to access a store that before was limited to those living in the store's geographical region or city. If you could not physically get to the store, you could not shop there.
This has all changed. The only limitation of an online shopping mall, is the scope of delivery. Some online shopping malls and stores will only ship within their continent, while others will ship world wide. The world is literally now your oyster.
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| | | Frightened shoppers flee smoke-filled Mall | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:09:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Mall was evacuated last night after an electrical fire near a loading dock filled one wing of the New Springville shopping mecca with acrid smoke. No one was injured, and officials said the Mall, which did not reopen last night, would be back in business today. The fire was confined to an electrical room near the loading bay between Macy's and the main entrance, which faces Richmond Avenue. The Mall's alarms first sounded at about 6 p.m., when traces of smoke first started appearing in the Macy's wing. By 6:20 p.m., the Fire Department had been notified, and 10 minutes later the facility was being evacuated by police officers. As smoke filled both levels of the Macy's wing, shoppers used their shirt-sleeves, hats, hoods or napkins to shield their noses from the strong smell.... | |
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| | | Los Angeles - Corner of Art and Commerce in Los Angeles by Gehry ... | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:11:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | HOW to find meaning in a centerless world? For a half-century, that has been the question facing the strip of corporate towers, cultural landmarks and undeveloped lots known as Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Time and again the avenue has been the focus of grandiose proposals by civic leaders who dreamed of transforming it into a cultural Acropolis. Angelenos watched the progress from the comfort of their suburban enclaves, mostly with bland indifference. That all began to change with Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall, completed in 2003, which raised the level of architectural ambition for Grand Avenue. Next month the Los Angeles City Council and the county Board of Supervisors will review revised plans for a retail, residential hotel and entertainment complex that may reveal just how willing the city is to address the deep social rifts beneath the area's newly polished surface.... | |
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| | | New York firm acquires Southland Mall | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:19:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Southland Mall Shopping Center LLC has purchased the 220,721-square-foot Southland Mall for $20 million, or $91 per square foot. The New York-based private investment partnership bought the property from BV-Elvis LLC, a Charlotte, N.C., investor. The seller was represented by John Leonard and Mac McCall of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. .... | |
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| | | Biz Scene Grapevine Shopping Mall Probe | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 1:16:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | The chairman of China's largest retailer, Bailian Group, has been asked to assist an official probe into the financing of Shanghai's largest shopping mall, recent media reports said. Xue Quanrong, a former senior official at the Shanghai municipal government, was questioned by investigators over the funding of Shanghai's Bailian Zhonghuan Commerce Plaza. The reports said Bailian and a partner borrowed 2.7 billion yuan from a pension fund controlled by the municipal government to build the mall, which opened for business in late December. However, Bailian's listed subsidiary Bailian Group Co said in a statement to the stock exchange that the chairman was on duty and the company had no news for investors. Carlyle buyout US private equity firm Carlyle Group will buy an oil machinery company located in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to recent media reports that did not specify the name of the company.... | |
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| | | Police: Gang rivalry led to mall gunfire | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:10:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- A chance encounter between rival gang members while they were Christmas shopping in a mall led to the shooting that left one of them dead, police said. Berno Charlemond, 23, died moments after he got into a fight Sunday afternoon with Jesse Cesar and Fregens Daniel, both 21, causing a panic among holiday shoppers crowding the Boynton Beach Mall. "They just happened to be shopping here at the same time and decided that this was the place to settle their disagreement," Boynton Beach police Chief Matt Immler said Tuesday. "And this could have happened anywhere." Daniel held Charlemond in a bear hug, threw him down and punched him with Cesar's help, police said. Cesar allegedly then repeatedly shot Charlemond, who was with his girlfriend and her children.... | |
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| | | Officers Enforce the Law in Shopping Mall Parking Lots | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:15:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | At the heart of the shopping madness in Ashwaubenon, public safety officers patroled the parking lots around Bay Park Square Mall and surrounding shopping centers. They had plenty to keep them busy. Lieutenant Jody Crocker didn't care about discounts or deals on Black Friday. He was cashing in on bad drivers. Action 2 News rode with Lt. Crocker to see what the busiest shopping day of the year looked like from a law enforcer's point of view -- before shoppers could hit the store. "So far pretty good, but I always know this day is not over," Lt. Crocker said. A lot of people braved the crowds on Black Friday to save a few bucks. But was it worth it? That depended on where you parked. Shoppers who created their own parking spot shouldn't be surprised to find a yellow tag -- not the discount kind -- on their windshield.... | |
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| | | 19th-Century Mall Getting A Makeover | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:08:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | In the late 1800s, the Arcade Mall was a bustling indoor marketplace, just steps away from Main Street and the vibrant city of Bridgeport. Among the earliest enclosed shopping malls in the country, the mall is crowned with a spectacular domed ceiling of glass that lets light flood a two-story space below, where merchants once sold everything from meals to Singer sewing machines to fine hats and coats and treasures from Hubert's Art shop. .... | |
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| | | Mall to step up security for holidays | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:08:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | Southgate Mall will step up security this holiday season following a spate of recent crimes near the mall's parking lot, the shopping center's manager said Friday. Besides hiring armed deputies to help the mall's security officers, Southgate Mall Manager JoAnn Austin also plans to meet with the mall's security contractor, Alexander Security, of Apex, to discuss the recent crimes. Security at the mall has attracted scrutiny since two armed robberies occurred near the mall parking lot Nov. 1. One happened at the rear entrance to the Belk department store in the mall; the other occurred at the ATM machine at the Ehringhaus Street branch of Wachovia bank, which fronts the mall. The robberies followed a carjacking from the mall parking lot this summer in which police say a local woman was abducted, driven to Camden County, and then robbed and raped.... | |
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| | | Shopping mall development firms join forces | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:09:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | Two South Florida companies are combining their expertise in shopping mall development, leasing and management to work together on new projects. Arthur H. Weiner, whose Aventura firm, Arthur Weiner Enterprises, specializes in mall development and leasing, is taking the post of president of Talisman Companies, which is based in Coral Gables. Weiner will continue as CEO of his own firm. James A. Schlesinger retains his post as CEO of the Talisman firm. Talisman specializes in mall development and has extensive real estate development expertise. Ann Ackerman, a spokeswoman for Talisman, said the two firms will continue to operate separately but they will also work together on new projects. The deal brings together firms with complimentary skills.... | |
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| | | Samsung UMPC, making Inroad to Most Shopping Mall | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:48:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ultra Mobile PC(UMPC) of Samsung Electronics makes inroad to most large shopping malls in US. And, the export of UMCP is leveraged by taking the order of 'e-learning' project based on UMPC. Samsung Electronics said yesterday that the company signed the UMPC supply contract with Best Buy of US that expands supply to 240 all Best Buy stores in US from current 20 Best Buy stores and completed display in the whole 40 Price stores and 56 CompuUSA stores. Samsung has built its foundation to attack the US market by supply of single product of UMPC to major discount stores in US. Samsung said, "It seems to make inroad to the distribution channels across the US, completing supply contracts with three largest shopping malls in US." "The outlook of business in US is bright as we are under negotiation with Circuit buyer too." Moreover, the company made a contract that establishes 1500 UMPC by next February as a part of e-learning project of Oklahoma University in US.... | |
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