Talk:Anchor tenant

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This stub should probably be merged into the Shopping mall article. There's not really enough here to justify a seperate article at this point.

Not enough here yet. However, I wouldn't merge it in with shopping mall, since there are other uses for "anchor store" besides just shopping malls. SchuminWeb (Talk) 09:46, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

What other uses have you heard? I've only ever heard the term used in relation to malls. Unless you're talking about a store that specifically sells anchors... shaggy 17:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm thinking in relation to things like older open-air shopping centers (where a grocery store is the anchor store), and developments of unrelated retail in towns. On that last one, I'm referring to something like this - in my town, a stand-alone Wal-Mart is the "anchor" store for small stores all around the general vicinity. Hope that helps convey what I mean. SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:48, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I think I understand, but in that case, the store is acting as an anchor for a pedestrian mall, or a strip mall. Those are covered in the shopping mall article. This article is talking specifically about anchor stores as regards to malls. shaggy 05:11, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

This article was recently redirected to Shopping mall#department stores. I don't know that I agree with that move. First, in this day and age, department stores and anchor stores aren't necessarily the same thing. Second, I believe this article is a perfectly valid stub that has the potential for expansion. Skeezix1000 18:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree with you. This article should remain freestanding. In fact, the gist of the earlier discussion had to do with my trying to get the other contributor to think more long-range. SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

World view

This article was tagged as being US-centric and lacking a world view. I'm minded to remove this tag, as the article certainly correctly describes how shopping centres work in the UK, France, Holland and every Westernised country I've ever visited. Furthermore one of the illustrations is a photo of a New Zealand centre. Can anyone justify this tag remaining? Andrew Oakley (talk) 15:48, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. I gave it a read-over, and the tag looks like it can go. SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:56, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Really? Every single example of an anchor store given in the leader exists primarily in the USA. A world view would have highlighted the likes of H&M, Zara, Uniqlo, Media World (Europe), Next (UK), Marks and Spencer (UK, Asia), Selfridges (UK) and so on. Can't say I have ever seen one of those anchors in the leader outside of the USA (or maybe Canada). From experience UK anchors commonly include(d) Next, Primark, H&M, HMV. In China they would include Apple Store, H&M, Uniqlo. In most countries a major supermarket like Carrefour or Tesco. Any article which focuses only on the USA is just worthless. When will Wikipedia learn?--58.34.160.153 (talk) 14:15, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

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