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| Anchor stores | Well-established major retail stores that provide stability and security for shopping centers or malls. |
| Business image | The perception or beliefs that people have about a business. |
| Business layout | A floor plan or map that shows how a business intends to use the space in the site to conduct business. |
| Convenience goods | Inexpensive products that are purchased regularly and require little time and effort for purchase decisions. |
| Central shopping district | Downtown area of a town or city or the commercial center |
| Community shopping center | Shopping center with one or two anchor stores and 10 or more smaller stores designed to serve residents from many neighborhoods |
| Downtown area | Central shopping district of a town or city or the commercial center |
| Enclosed layout | Organizes types of merchandise into separate areas divided by walls to create individual shopping environments. |
| Home-based | Operated from a private home usually to cut back on expenses |
| Industrial park | Business properties developed on less expensive sections of land away from housing developments and downtown areas |
| Mall | An enclosed, climate controlled shopping area |
| Neighborhood shopping center | Caters to the convenience needs of residents of a certain neighborhood by including a supermarket or drug store as anchor tenants. |
| Landscaped/free-flow layout | A flexible layout using a combination of the open and enclosed layouts with creative displays to improve customer and sales staff interaction. |
| Open layout | A layout plan that consists of completely open sales space bounded by outside walls. |
| Regional shopping center or mall | An enclosed shopping center or mall that combines three or four anchor stores with 40 other stores designed to serve customers from several towns or cities in the region. |
| Right-angle grid | A highly structured layout design that produces a pattern of crossing aisles. |
| Shopping goods | Items purchased after comparing prices and features |
| Specialty goods | Products that are sought by a consumer who desires a specific brand or product. |
| Stand alone/Free standing | A business location just outside of shopping centers and away from other businesses. |
| Super regional shopping center or mall | An extremely large shopping center or mall that exceeds 750,000 square feet and combines many anchor stores and hundreds of smaller stores. |
