Yes, the mall is still the best place to buy an anniversary gift, especially if your wedding anniversary is the day that you are doing the shopping. I recently celebrated my wedding anniversary. And as I have every year, I purchased my wife’s anniversary gift just in time.
This year, I found myself traveling to three very different malls – Beachwood Place, an enclosed shopping mall; Legacy Village, an open-air lifestyle center and Eton Chagrin Boulevard, a mixed use boutique retail, dining and office space; all of which were no more than 4 miles apart.Despite the rise in online purchases, shopping centers still account for over half of retail sales in the U.S. However, the shopping mall experience has changed a lot in the last 25 years. Today, there are roughly 1,000 enclosed malls and approximately 400 upscale lifestyle centers. These lifestyle centers are often serving as a suburban downtown providing retail, entertainment and community.