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What's the point?

To quote Pulp fiction "It's the little differences". I love going to malls and supermarkets when I'm in a new country or city. Sure they're 95% the same, but those other 5% are often unique for the area and quite telling.

I lived in Germany around 1970 when there were no malls or McDonald's there. What was fun was even department stores were palpably different than in the US. Everything was different, and that made it much more fun. Even the grocery stores were way, way different (I sure loved the German cheese selection!).

The Villagio in Doha is a good example of little differences, like an ice skating rink located in the middle of the food court and a knock-off of the Venetian's canal running through it.

It's like eating at McDonald's in Tokyo. What's the point?

Shaka Shaka Chicken, of course.

Which mall in Stuttgart? I lived there a few years ago and never noticed the shopping areas looking American...

I don't recall, other than it was a big one.