Malls in Berlin and Hamburg are also pretty crowded, fwiw
In is very common to see classic German brands traditionally trusted for precision/quality parts, to be purchased by China based traders. It should be illegal, but it is no longer technically counterfeit product.
Should have seen the puzzled sour face I made when replacement "New German" cross-roller linear optical-slides were bouncing 8x out of spec compared to a 40 year old part they were supposed to fix. lol =3
Certain malls in North American cities with dense urban populations and good transit links are also very busy. For instance Metrotown in the centre of Burnaby, BC. I'd guess it has a <2% store vacancy rate. It's very busy. It's also very well connected to the light rail train line, and is centrally located in a fast growing city. It's pretty much the opposite of your typical suburban USA ghost mall.
https://www.metropolisatmetrotown.com/directory/