Lukas, Paul,

Our Malls, Ourselves. Paul Lukas. - Fortune, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 61, Business, 1522-3191; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Our Malls, Ourselves, Oct. 18, 2004; pp. 243+.

"It's not clean who first emblazoned T-shirts with slogans like 'Born to Shop' and 'I Shop, Therefore I Am." But we do know the starting point for the modern shopping culture that gave rise to those cliches. It began in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, where a shopping center called Southdale opened in October 1956, a year after the FORTUNE 500 made its debut." (FORTUNE) The author reveals the history of the mall and examines how it "forever changed American shopping and retailing."

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Architectural design
Chain stores
Department stores
Discount houses (Retail trade)
Shopping
Shopping malls
Social change
Suburbs

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