首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Although some shopping malls are in need of recycling or major remodeling, the vast majority—82 percent—are doing quite well, th
Although some shopping malls are in need of recycling or major remodeling, the vast majority—82 percent—are doing quite well, th
admin
2014-01-07
61
问题
Although some shopping malls are in need of recycling or major remodeling, the vast majority—82 percent—are doing quite well, thank you, according to a recent study. Nevertheless, developers are already beginning to stake out a new course for the design of these complexes.
"Hybrid malls" are perhaps the hottest concept in the industry. They are an attempt to combine large enclosed malls with an outdoor urban streetscape retail entertainment component, with such attractions as cinemas, ice rinks, children’s playschemes, and themed restaurants. The International Council of Shopping Centers, based in New York, is calling this trend "the first major shift in regional mall configuration since 1956". In other words, since Southdale Center in Edina, Minn, became the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled mall with competing anchor stores. The advent of the hybrid mall is a sure sign that retailers realize that some shoppers have grown indoor malls. "Many national chains like Banana Republic, Restoration Hardware, and Crate & Barrel are actively seeking what is called village retail," says Bob Gibbs, whose company, the Gibbs Planning Group, specializes in retail development and market research. "Many of their customers, especially the Generation X and Baby Boomers, are saying, ’we are bored with the mall."’ Hybrid malls pick up on the growing popularity of village-style shopping, with its connections to real communities.
New Urbanists often advocate creating mixed-use developments that incorporate village shopping, a strategy employed in plans to remake the Villa Italia mall in Lake wood, Colo. Developers of hybrid malls, on the other hand, are essentially creating shopping experiences featuring streetscape as an enhancement, and providing shopping option on the outside of malls which become bigger and bigger day by day. What this means is that businesses that once were peripheral to the mall, such as full-service restaurants, major bookstores, cinemas, home-furnishings stores, and services are grouped together. Not in the same building, but often in open-air pedestrian walkways leading to the mall entrances. "We want someone to drop off their dry cleaning, have lunch, and buy a sweater; we’re back to cross-shopping," Wally Chester of Westcor Partners, a mall developer, told Shopping Centers Today.
Cross-shopping is made possible when
选项
A、businesses and services are grouped together.
B、services are grouped together in one location.
C、consumers are enabled to shop after entertainment.
D、shopping experience is characteristic of streetscape.
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的Cross-shopping定位到最后一句。最后一句关于cross—shopping的话用于解释前两句的内容,将前两句的重要内容重新整理,可以得出:businesses…and services are grouped together…oftenin open—air pedestrian walkways leading to the mall entrances.由此可见,A为最符合原文的理解。其他各项都不是Cross—shopping的要点所在。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4yFK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
Themanismakingthecallbecausethecellphone
Whatinformationdoesthewomanneedtodothecheck-infortheman?
FormerU.S.presidentJimmyCarteronSundaycondemnedaunilateralU.S.attackonIraq
Chinesee-commercecompanyAlibabaGroupplanstotakeitsHongKong-listedunitprivate,twosourcesfamiliarwiththematters
Publicacceptanceofrabbitasaneconomicalsourceofproteindependson______.
OnSundaysmyfatheralwaysworethatdullgrayapron—theonewiththeracecarsalloverit.Theritualbeganafterbreakfastw
BilingualeducationiscontroversialintheUnitedStates.【C1】______,agrowingbodyofresearchshowsthat【C2】______speakingtw
Inthissurvey,wecangetallthefollowinginformationEXCEPT
Thestrikeistoprotestagainst
随机试题
切面韧皮部有红棕色至黑棕色分泌物,与木部相间排列呈数个偏心性半圆形环,髓部偏向一侧的中药材是
全塑电缆采取屏蔽和接地的作用有( ).
人的最基本或最一般的能力是
试述MODs的分型。
A.悬液定量法B.载体浸泡定量法C.载体浸泡定性法D.流动载体浸泡法E.载体喷雾定量法冲洗消毒的消毒剂或器械宜采用的试验方法是
消费者陈某从某房屋开发公司开发的丽华小区购买两居室住宅一套,半年后发现卫生间天花板漏水,于是向该公司提出更换住宅。在这个案例中,法律关系的主体是( )。
中国个人在国外工作(一年以下)而得到并汇回的收入计入()
年满18周岁的公民报名参加警察是其一项应尽义务。()
根据1980年的一项调查,所有超过16岁的美国公民中有10%是功能性文盲。因此,如果在2000年16岁以上美国公民将2.5亿人的设想是正确的,那么我们可以预计,这些公民中有2500万人会是功能性文盲。下面哪项如果正确,将最严重地削弱上文得出的结论?
面对百年不遇的洪水,成千上万的解放军战士奋不顾身地保护着广大人民群众的生命及财产的安全。
最新回复
(
0
)