Editing Department store (section)

===Expansion to malls===
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The U.S. [[Baby Boom]] led to the development of suburban neighborhoods and suburban commercial developments, including shopping malls. Department stores joined these ventures following the growing market of baby boomer spending.

A handful of U.S. retailers had opened seasonal stores in resorts, as well as smaller branch stores in suburbs, in the 1920s and 1930s. Examples include, in [[Greater Los Angeles|suburban Los Angeles]], [[Broadway Hollywood Building|The Broadway-Hollywood]], [[Bullocks Wilshire]], The [[Saban Building|May Company-Wilshire]], [[Saks Fifth Avenue|Saks]]-[[Beverly Hills]], as well as two [[Strawbridge and Clothier]] stores: [[Suburban Square]] (1930) and [[Strawbridge and Clothier Store, Jenkintown|Jenkintown]] (1931) outside Philadelphia. Suburban Square was the first shopping center anchored by a department store.<ref name="inq">{{cite news | url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/136267040/ |quote=Dreher's design called for a cluster of shops built around a major department store, with a supermarket, movie theater and office buildings with ample parking space. | title= Setting the trend for, not in, stores | newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date= 25 April 1999 | accessdate=24 February 2010}}</ref> In the 1950s, suburban growth took off – for example, in 1952, [[May Company California]] opened a four-level, {{convert|346700|sqft|sqm|adj=on}}<ref>{{cite news |title=May Co. Opens Its vast New Lakewood Store (cont'd.) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-may-co-opens-its/136262536/ |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=19 February 1952 |page=26}}</ref> store in [[Lakewood Center]] near Los Angeles, at the time, the largest suburban department store in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=May Co. Opens Its vast New Lakewood Store |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-may-co-opens-its/136261990/ |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=19 February 1952 |page=25}}</ref> However, only three years later it would build an even bigger, {{convert|452000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} store in the [[San Fernando Valley]] at [[Laurel Plaza]].