How did it came about? How did the shopping mentality of the Filipinos came to fore? For one. It might be because our country, being tropical, experiences scorching temperatures, especially during noon time. And that is why people flock in the mall. It is air conditioned, attractive and well, complete.
Almost all the big malls have almost everything that you want to shop for. They have the groceries, boutiques,barber shops and salons, spa, DIY hardware shops, entertainment, gaming and amusement, furnitures and bookstores. It is indeed a total one stop shopping experience. Heck, they even have Sunday masses held in Malls so that families doesn’t have to bother themselves going to church before heading for the malls.
The success of the malls lead to the sprouting of more malls. Now there are so many malls around the country that malls have become common places here. Which is not really a bad thing since it helps in creating labor and employment. One disadvantage that I can think of though, is that business owners near the area either have their business fold or get dominated by this big malls. We all heard of bomb threats and bomb explosions that malls experienced in the past right?
But amidst all of that, Filipinos still continue to crowd the malls. Probably the mall culture of the Filipinos have already become so inculcated in our beings that we still continue to flock the malls. That maybe a good or bad thing, but like I said it’s a personal choice.
-source : gohunt philippines
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