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Average Sales per Foot - US Shopping Malls

Average Annual Sales per composite average of available major US Shopping Mall data Jewelry Restaurants - Food courts & Kiosks Supermarkets Shoes - Mens Pharmacies Accessories - Womens Restaurants - Fast food Shoes - Childrens Specialty food stores Personal Care & Heath Shoes - Womens Clothing - Childrens Restaurants Electronics Home Improvements Shoes - Athletic Clothing - Family Clothing - Womens Shoes - Family Clothing - Mens Furniture & furnishings Sporting goods Stationary & Card Shops Toys & Hobbies Automotive parts Books

Average sales per gross square foot $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 880 648 621 514 498 478 453 439 430 411 397 393 369 355 333 332 328 308 299 299 286 246 229 221 210 199

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Source: Newspaper Association of America

Super Regional (1) Regional (2) Community (3) Neighborhood (4) Shopping Centers Shopping Centers Shopping Centers Shopping Centers

Sales per Square Foot General Merchandise Food Food Service Clothing and Accessories Shoes Home Furnishings Home Appliances/Music Building Materials/Hardware Automotive Hobby/Special Interest Gifts/Specialty Jewelry Liquor Drugs Other Retail

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

155 340 406 229 291 257 312 n/a 140 274 267 748 n/a 229 371

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

144 303 289 209 241 234 282 178 184 234 197 549 n/a 228 288

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

133 310 229 167 168 158 189 131 146 156 146 264 250 247 172

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

100 312 183 201 145 160 175 111 136 163 149 280 217 241 143

Median Square Feet General Merchandise Food Food Service Clothing and Accessories Shoes Home Furnishings Home Appliances/Music Building Materials/Hardware Automotive Hobby/Special Interest Gifts/Specialty Jewelry Liquor Drugs Other Retail

Super Regional (1) Regional (2) Community (3) Neighborhood (4) Shopping Centers Shopping Centers Shopping Centers Shopping Centers

82,025 1,008 746 3,120 2,035 2,593 2,451 n/a 8,340 2,555 2,464 1,129 n/a 7,993 1,220

59,252 1,090 935 3,000 2,421 2,605 2,473 8,508 4,400 3,000 2,500 1,078 n/a 10,102 1,207

30,142 27,715 1,810 3,091 3,000 4,982 2,400 4,340 5,654 2,287 2,673 1,263 2,648 11,153 1,800

8,700 26,176 1,733 1,651 2,042 3,390 2,125 4,886 4,532 1,841 2,250 1,006 2,800 9,176 1,500

(1) Malls that are typically about 1 million square feet with several anchor department stores

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(2) Smaller malls typically 500,000 square feet with two or fewer anchor stores. (3) Strip centers ranging from 100,000 to 300,000 square feet. (4) Strip centers under 100,000 square feet, typically built around a supermarket.

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