Ethical and political consumption and opportunities for change in Australian shopping centre design

Conspicuous consumption is dead, shopping centres are obsolete and shopping will be undertaken in ‘experience centres’ (White 2010). With growing evidence that new paradigms of consumption are emerging in developed countries led by evolving technologies and online shopping (Weiss & Leong 2001; Paquet 2003; Turner 2010; 2000; Clausen et al. 2010; Lin 2008) and shifting consumer values and behaviours (Goodman et al. 2007; Blinkoff et al. 2008; Bennie et al. 2011), the environments in which we shop will need to adapt.