For most guys, when it comes to ‘Shopping time’ with our better half – with all the waiting and carrying stuff involved, it might not be the most exciting times of our life, especially when it is the weekends and its crowded all over the place. Same for me.

However, with a change in mindset, I soon realised how walking around the mall could actually help in my investment journey. Other than sourcing for investment ideas, you could also do some good on-the-ground due diligence, for example, are the shops teeming with customers, is the shop design presentable and maybe for some extreme cases – is the shop really there LOL. If you remember our recent article 10 Investment Ideas From 1 Supermarket Visit, I followed the same principles to see what I could find from my neighbourhood mall – CapitaLand Mall Trust’s very own Tampines Mall.

With the results, ...