You know the nasty tricks marketers make, like placing fundamental needs such as water, bread etc. at the end of the store, or putting escalators to only one end of a shopping mall. The idea is to make you walk around to increase your consumption.

I noticed a trend towards creating more social environments at the restaurants in Kanyon. I guess that is a managerial decision by the mall itself, it’s less likely that all the owners of cafes and restaurants collectively followed a new trend. Maybe the concept of Wagamama was influential in making this decision, who knows… Most restaurants have seating arrangements such that you have to sit in a big table, next to other customers. It’s a bit uncomfortable at first, but I believe this is a more civilized manner. It is beneficial for the cafe owners as well, since they can fit in more customers to a limited space.