Shopping

Shopping is searching for or buying goods and/or services. Such shopping could be for anything big or small that is available in the market for buying. Shopping can be conducted downtown, in the malls, in the open markets, in brick and concrete stores, and online.

Shopping malls can be regional mall, super mall, outlet mall, food court, departmental stores, dead malls, vertical malls and dedicated shopping malls.

Shopping online can be conducted using integrated shopping carts, online orders, credit cards, e-banking, and electronic funds transfer.

Credit cards for online shopping could be Visa, Amex, Master, American Express and such other globally accepted cards.

Selection for shopping involves viewing catalogues, directories, surfing websites, comparing products and services, brand names, testimonials and terms and conditions for such shopping.

Retail shops are meant for daily and instant shopping. Products and services are the commodities for shopping.

Shopping items can be appliances, electronics, furniture, clothes and apparel, winter clothes, cars and automobiles, white sales, gifts, groceries, food items, daily use materials, cosmetics, and usable things etc.

Shopping places are stores, retail centers, malls, supermarkets, general markets, roadside show rooms, and kiosks etc.

Tourists target antiques, local products, ornaments, toys, handicrafts etc for shopping.

Shopping considerations are the user, quantity, price, requirement, purpose, and environment, place of use, brand names, quality and availability.

Products for shopping include goods, services, buying, selling, raw materials, merchandise, manufacturing, finished goods, and commodities.

Service for shopping is non-material and involves ownership, provider, recipient, possessions, assets, skill, experience, investment, competition and economy.

Collectibles are such items that are decorative and for which there is always a demonstrated secondary market. Such collectibles can be coins, jewelries, and antique sculpture, and stone products, materials used for decoration, vintage cars and even weapons.

Auctions as mode of shopping involve bidding, bidder, property, auction holder, and the vendor.

Item lists for shopping are provide in the form of catalogue in brick and concrete store and directory in online shopping.

Modern shopping centers include fashion and specialty centers, community centers, life style centers, outlet centers, regional centers, super-regional centers and theme/festival centers are different forms of shopping centers.

A supermarket contains almost all items of shopping for the customer.