Commerce has a significant role in today's economic and social development. However, this development imposes constant dealing with new problems. Commerce is an economic activity which consists of constant purchase of different kinds of goods from producers. It can be divided into functional and institutional commerce. If the commerce is understood in this way it is divided into retail and wholesale. A shopping centre is uniquely planned, arranged and controlled group of retail prices. Main characteristics of shopping centres are single administration, a combination of shops which are complemented by their offers, easy accessibility, and a large number of parking spaces, pleasant environment, a unique architectural concept and the feeling of uniqueness. There are four types of shopping centres in big cities and these are neighbourhood centre, small shopping centre, middle-sized shopping centre and big shopping centre. There are shopping centres throughout the Republic of Croatia. In Zagreb area there are Importanne center, City Centre One West, City Centre One East, Arena Centre, garden mall, Aenue Mall, West Gate, Emmezzeta and Cascada. In Slavonia- Baranja area there are Portanova, Avenue mall, Supernova, Esseker centre and Emmezzeta. As for Vukovar- Srijem County, here you can find Golubica Mall situated in Vukovar and Vinkovci Shopping Capitol in Vinkovci. In the area of Istra and Dalmatia there are Tower Centre and shopping centre Andrea situated in Rijeka, and in Split there are Mall of Split and City Centre One. Built shopping centers primarily differ according to their characteristics depending on the location and the type of content they offer.