Shopping mall
![Westfield Garden State Plaza is an upscale shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey, United States.](/Images/godic/202502/14/9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi0742.JPG")
![The interior of the Aviapark in Moscow, Russia.](/Images/godic/202502/14/AviaPark_Moscow_01-2016_img30742.jpg")
![The interior of the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, Canada.](/Images/godic/202502/14/Eaton_Centre_HDR_style0742.jpg")
![Shopping arcade in Tokyo, Japan](/Images/godic/202502/14/Tokyo-taito-shoppingarcade0742.jpg")
A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit. A shopping arcade is a specific form serving the same purpose.