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better stay away from shopping malls

Why? Is it because you dislike being hassled by salespersons?


Walk into a mall in China today and you'll likely be followed by a sales staff who with an imploring look will ask if they could help you, hoping you'll buy something in the shop. Many a mall has become somewhat of a white elephant where salespersonnel outnumber shoppers, and believe me, it's not a pretty sight.

Owing to a combination of factors - an unhealthy economy, rising unemployment, a roaring online shopping trade, and people tightening their purse strings - brick-and-mortar stores have been in the doldrums for months. Many are praying the country will climb out of its economic doldrums.