the english word shopping It is the one that refers to the act of buying, of exchanging a merchandise for a certain amount of money or its equivalent. However, today the term is used worldwide and even in places where English is not the main language to designate those artificial and specially created spaces for people to consume a wide variety of goods, services and products. Shopping centers or shopping centers are considered by many to be the clearest expression of capitalism and globalization since they concentrate an infinite variety of shopping and consumption possibilities indoors.
Although the notion of market, fair or spaces for the exchange or barter of products and services has existed since Antiquity, it would not be until the first decades of the 20th century that the notion of shopping would slowly begin to appear. With the development of the phenomenon known as globalization and, above all, capitalism spread worldwide, these spaces in which people can find all kinds of products and goods have also expanded globally.
Shopping centers are the same in all parts of the world: we generally talk about multi-story buildings in which we do not find offices or homes, but mainly stores selling a wide variety of products that can range from the simplest (such as , library items) to the most complex or expensive (new and exclusive technology products, cars, etc.). Other features that characterize shopping malls is that they are generally specially designed as promenades in which people circulate permanently and there is no escape from the permanent presence of all kinds of offers and products. Shopping malls also have a wide variety of services and amenities that seek to invite people to stay there: food centers, spas, cinemas and entertainment spaces, breaks, etc.
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