America"s main streets are loosing customers to shopping malls.

             The malls are unlike city streets because they free parking,.

             a special selection of stores and climate-controlled walkways.

             The layout of the malls intended to encourage browsing and buying.

             Even though, many kinds of stores are located in malls.

             Supermarkets are rarely included because grocery buyers .

             do not like to linger there.

             Large department stores are deliberately located at the corners of the malls.

             In order to reach the department stores, shoppers must walk past specialty .

             stores that sell products such as clothing, shoes and jewelry.

             Bad weather need not discourage mall shoppers because the temperature in .

             malls are predictable all year round, it is sixty-eight degrees.

             When shopping malls first opened, shows were present by featured movie stars.

             and acrobats, to attract people to the malls.