In her post “the Demise of the Mall“, Dawn discussed the miserable future of mall caused by the rising e-commerce industry. Companies such as eBay and Amazon are slowly taking the retailing business out of business. Now that more and more people enjoy the convenience of shopping from home there is no doubt the future of malls is at risk. This new way of shopping disrupted the retailing industry and retailers and mall owners have to cope with this imminent problem to avoid shut down. House supplies, clothing, and electronics can be purchased and delivered directly to the hands of consumers, however, the experience of having food in a restaurant cannot.
The restaurant industry is very likely to be the savior of malls since it receives little disturbance from the e-commerce industry. Whichever mall you go the food court or restaurants is always crowded regardless of holidays or sales days. It is in people’s nature that the combination of dining at home and away from home is necessary. Thus it is possible that malls will introduce popular restaurants and reduce the amount of retailing stores in the near future.