In response to Dawn Lye’s blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/dlye/2014/10/05/the-demise-of-the-mall/

In Dawn’s blog, she suggests the threats toward shopping malls as technology has increased, leading to the emergence of more convenient alternatives such as online shopping and phone shopping. Also, as technology advances rapidly, people can do many things with just one computer, leading to the isolation and the decrease in social interactions of people.

Although shopping physically has decreased due to the emergence of substitution, I think that many people still prioritize shopping mall over online shopping. Many people don’t go toshopping malls just for the purpose of buying things, but also for the purpose of social interactions with their friends and family. Moreover, shopping allows them to physically try different products and services before buying them. Besides, online shopping is not as secure as mall shopping and it is still an unknown to many people of the older generation. In addition, there are many special sales that can only be found in shopping malls, which is also another joy of shopping in malls. Therefore, even though in certain aspects shopping malls are inferior to online shopping, it still maintains several advantages that will allow it to survive the threats from technology advances.