Who We Are
SHOPPING CENTERS DIGEST
Published by Jomurpa Publishing Inc since 1973, Shopping Center Digest "The Locations
Newsletter" is the only publication in the industry that is 100% subscription-paid and
read by the real estate/development professionals with every major developer and retailer
in the U.S. and Canada. Four times a year, the twice-monthly newsletter expands into
a regular magazine and accepts display and color advertising. Extra copies of these
special issues are distributed at major industry events around the country, such as the
annual convention of the International Council of Shopping Centers in May when up to
11,000 extra copies are distributed at the hotel room doors of convention registrants.
Expanding Retailers, recently published its 5th annual addition.
The Editor-Publisher, Murray Shor, has been reporting on the industry for close to
35 years, since his days as an Executive Editor at Chain Store Age magazine and
co-founder of Shopping Center World. He may be contacted at company offices at 20
North Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, (845) 348-7000, Ext. 201, via fax at (845) 348-7011,
or via e-mail
DIRECTORY OF MAJOR MALLS
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The Directory of Major Malls®, originally introduced as a spin-off to SHOPPING CENTER DIGEST in 1979 by JOMURPA Publishing Corp., has evolved in the past twenty years into a suite of data products which concentrate on the niche market of the major shopping centers and malls in the U.S. and Canada. Now published under the corporate identity of Directory of Major Malls, Inc, this valuable data is available in print as the 1,700+ page, single volume DIRECTORY OF MAJOR MALLS, on CD-ROM as the DIRECTORY ON COMPUTER, on the internet at www.directoryofmajormalls.com and as custom reports, mailing lists and databases.
Over these past twenty-five years, much has changed within the industry in the form of new retail and food concepts, innovative products, design features and even financing of the centers themselves. Consumers now not only visit shopping centers and malls for shopping, but also for eating, entertainment and amusement, exercise, education and worship to name a few. Vacations are planned with specific shopping destinations planned along the route or as even the focal point of the entire trip. Pages and pages can, and have been written on the subject, but we will limit the statistics here to provide a very simplified view of the changes over the last twenty years that have dramatically affected the Directory of Major Malls®.
Twenty-five years ago:
- The 1980, 1st edition contained 922 listings.....This year's 25th contains 4,250. That's a growth of 450%!
- There were less than 90,000 stores listed.....We now list over 218,000!
- Only twenty-one major metro maps were required.....There are now 45 and more to be added!
- We listed about 100 leading chain retailers.....Now over 350 are listed!
- We did not even include site/leasing plans..... Now there are over 2,750!
- Specialty Leasing was unknown .....Now there are over 2,450 centers with specialty leasing programs!
And Lastly for the moment...
- All of this was contained in 296 pages.....It now takes 1,700+ pages to provide you with all these valuable details!
All of this activity over the past twenty years plus is what has continually strengthened the need for a resource like the Directory to continue to serve the professionals and companies working within this industry. After all, someone has to keep track of all this information. That is and what continues to be the goal for the research staff at the Directory of Major Malls, Inc. There's more information scattered about than ever before.
Our Methodology
Along with gathering data directly from the source, the shopping center owner/developers and their authorized agents, we're locating and tracking new information through mail, phone, fax, the media, public relations and of course the internet. Our process makes the information as timely as possible within the constraints of even the tightest production schedule and we're updating our data up to the last possible moment.
Please feel free to contact us at any time with any comments or suggestions that will help us serve your shopping center information needs better. Phone us at 800-898-MALL or contact us via e-mail