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2008.04.01
Today's edition speaks of a well-planned retailing strategy designed to attract large numbers of customers by offering them the convenience of variety, easy parking, and protection from the elements!

(STRIP) MALL / ANCHOR STORE
(小規模)ショッピングセンター/(ショッピングセンターの)核店舗
- A mall is a very large building with many stores, restaurants, and other businesses inside.
A strip mall is a row of stores, restaurants, and other businesses (often separate units in the same long building), usually with a shared parking lot in front.
Anchor store is retail jargon for a large, well-known retail store (especially a department store) located in a mall. Such stores are meant to bring in many customers who will shop at the other stores in the mall as well. - mall とは、たくさんの店舗やレストラン、その他の企業が入っている巨大な建物のことです。
strip mall とは、店舗やレストラン、その他の企業(建物の中が細かく区分されています)が入っている、小さなショッピングモールのことです。たいていは表に共用の駐車場があります。
anchor store とは、小売業界の用語で、ショッピングモールに入っている、大きくて有名な小売店(特にデパート)をさします。これらの店は、モール内の他店でも買い物をする、多くの客を呼び寄せることが期待されています。
- Plans for leasing space at the mall had to be scrapped due to disappointing sales at their downtown store.
- A group of local residents has been protesting the construction of a strip mall in the historic Berlitz Beach District.
- The mall houses three hundred stores, including two anchor stores, a food court, and movie theaters.
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