Shopping center research, data and retail intelligence
Malls.com is an independent directory and research service for shopping centers and the brands inside them. It publishes the weekly Malls Money newsletter and provides research, reports and data for retail expansion, leasing and investment.
Malls.com does not operate the shopping centers listed. Shopper questions ›
What brings you to Malls.com?
Research a market or a center
Expansion research, mall and brand reports, databases with leasing contacts.
Represent a center or brand
Promotion, research and Verified status for your center or brand. Profile corrections are free.
Promote an opening or a product
Newsletter placements, sponsored articles and website campaigns, with a proposal for your goal.
Or read Malls Money, the free weekly newsletter on store openings, mall projects and leasing moves. Subscribe ›
What Malls.com is and why it exists
Malls.com is an independent information and research service about shopping centers and the retail brands inside them. It maintains a public directory of more than 8,100 shopping centers in 89 countries and more than 180,000 records of which brand has a store in which center. The same records are used for research, reports and data that retail brands, landlords and investors use in expansion, leasing and investment decisions.
Information about which brands trade where is spread across thousands of mall websites, brand store locators, company filings and press releases, and it changes as stores open, move and close. Malls.com brings it into one set of matched records: each store is linked to one center and one brand. An expansion team, a leasing team or an analyst can compare centers and brands without assembling the data themselves.
The directory is free to use. A center profile shows the store list, the location and property facts such as gross leasable area, class and operator where they are known. A brand profile shows the centers where the brand has a store. Centers and brands can correct their profiles for free.
Malls.com also publishes Malls Money, a free weekly newsletter on store openings, mall projects and leasing moves for people who work in retail real estate. It is sent by email every Thursday and published as a LinkedIn newsletter. Across the website and the newsletter, Malls.com reaches about 50,000 readers a month.
The largest coverage is in the United States, Japan and Canada, followed by France, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy.
How Malls.com is funded. Revenue comes from research, reports and data, from Verified status for official representatives, and from advertising that is always labeled Sponsored. Payment does not change a profile, its position in the directory or editorial coverage.
Who uses Malls.com
- Retail brands and franchise operators planning new stores: where competitors and co-tenants trade, and which centers fit.
- Shopping center owners, operators and leasing teams: the tenant mix at peer centers and the brands worth approaching.
- Brokers, investors and analysts: tenant rosters and property facts for market and property research.
- Companies selling to physical retail: a way to reach mall and retail decision makers through Malls Money and the website.
- Shoppers: store lists and locations before a visit.
What Malls.com offers
- Directory of centers and brandsFree
- Malls Money newsletterFree
- Mall property report$149
- Brand expansion report$490 per market
- Expansion researchFrom $3,500
- Databases with leasing contactsFrom $990
- Verified by Malls.com$590
- AdvertisingFrom $750
Examples of the work
US mall expansion for an international confectionery brand
746 US malls scored against the brand's criteria, its 30 existing US locations mapped, and a leasing contact for every center on the shortlist. Delivered in Excel.
30 US centers with full tenant mix
The record structure behind the databases: GLA, class, operator, tenants and contacts, open without a sign-up.
A $560 million new downtown near Atlanta has no roof.
An issue of the weekly newsletter, as sent to subscribers.
How we work
Sources
Operator and mall websites first, then brand store locators, company filings and trade sources, in that order of priority.
Records
Each store is matched to one canonical center and one canonical brand. Corrections are accepted from anyone and checked against the official source.
Conclusions
Research keeps recorded facts, our conclusions and their limits apart. A shortlist says where to look first; it does not replace site visits or a broker.
Who is behind Malls.com
20+ years in shopping centers and retail technology
The founders have worked in shopping centers and retail technology across many markets. They lead the research projects, data products and commercial partnerships.
[email protected]Malls Money and news
Writes the newsletter and the news section, and maintains the center and brand records. News tips and press releases are welcome.
[email protected]At the main retail real estate events
The editorial team covers EuroShop, ICSC and MAPIC with press accreditation, and reports on the deals and openings announced there.
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Discuss your project
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- General questions[email protected]
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Invoices are paid by bank transfer, Wise or Payoneer. Online orders are paid by card through Polar.
Questions about a store or a center
Malls.com is an independent directory and does not operate the shopping centers listed. Store hours, returns, lost items, parking and jobs are handled by the center or the store directly. Center profiles link to the official website where we have it.
