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Modern " car-friendly " strip malls developed from the 1920s, and shopping malls corresponded with the rise of suburban living in many parts of the Western World, especially the United States, after World War II.

From early on, the design tended to be inward-facing, with malls following theories of how customers could best be enticed in a controlled environment.

Similar, the concept of a mall having one or more " anchor " or " big box " stores was pioneered early, with individual stores or smaller-scale chain stores intended to benefit from the shoppers attracted by the big stores.