Introduction

This presentation will highlight what it is like to be in these types of shopping centres from my perspective and from the people that I will interview’s perspective, while also giving an overview of the difference by total. It will also talk about whether these places are crowded, clean, have good service, offer high quality products, how long it takes to wait it the lines, how expensive the products are by comparison and where people just generally prefer to shop. Now I will give some information about two types of shopping centres that I will focus on: City centres and Out-of-town centres. City centres are generally where people in the surrounding community go to buy what they need. They are convenient and offer the average products one needs such as: milk, eggs, bread, ect… All the little shops inside the building are charged with rent. Then the money usually goes to paying taxes. It is a hard life because of all the taxes, but since there are so many people in the shopping centres, because of the crowds in the city, earning money is a lot easier. The only thing is that city centres lose trade because people prefer going to the out-of-town shopping centres. Out-of-town shopping centres normally are inconvenient to get to, but they happen to be better quality and offer a larger range of products. They often offer large, free car parks and many activities such as cafes, bowling alleys and cinemas. The evolution of shopping centres has changed over the years. Many local places have been replaced with bigger, better outlet centres that originate from places like the UK or the USA. Because of all the new technologies and transport is better, cheaper and more open to the public, people can get to shopping centres easily. There are commercials on TV, and trains, buses, ect that go directly to the outlet shops. So that means that out-of-town centres are becoming more convenient to get to, and are becoming more popular because of the international stores and restaurants and things that they offer. For example: At Johor premium outlet, they have places like Nike and HM; where as at Aeon they have a Jutsco and small places like little selling stalls. The main thing that separates these two is the prices. The quality is better at the outlets but the prices are better at the city centres by far. So many people prefer city centres mainly for that reason. Enjoy the rest of my project!