•  On Nov, 13, 2019
•  Keyleb

Retailers have two bottom lines on their itinerary… gaining customers and driving sales. Over the years, extensive research of shopping trends has been documented and analyzed. Getting into the mind and mood of a shopper’s experience offers invaluable insights for companies. Studies have proven that shoppers respond with their senses. Sight, smell, hearing and touch […]

•  On Sep, 13, 2019
•  Keyleb

Shopping dances along the fine lines between necessity and luxury. We have to obtain the essentials for our everyday life, then there are those moments we are exploring the store like a hungry wolf in winter. What defines the boundaries also determine our various shopping styles and the underlying complexity behind them. Interestingly, understanding the […]

•  On Jul, 12, 2019
•  Keyleb

Shopping for a home or family requires economical skill and the talent to juggle. The day and age we live in calls for consumers to think quick on their feet. Unless you are shopping from local vendors only, you may have noticed the climate of consumerism changing rapidly. Social, political and the sheer forces of […]

•  On May, 15, 2019
•  Keyleb

The weekend mall crawl was the start of our social ladder. Named as the place to be, shopping Malls were the trend setting center of society. A plethora of options ranged from high tier stores to penny candy spaces.

•  On Mar, 08, 2019
•  Keyleb

There is a new frontier on the shopping block that has caused companies to reevaluate their instore practices.

•  On Jan, 18, 2019
•  Keyleb

Our lifestyle has changed exponentially over the past one hundred years. What was once a three day trip to the nearest city for supplies has turned into a choice of stores just around the corner. From smaller shops to big box stores, if you can dream it… you can buy it. This has led to […]

•  On Aug, 28, 2018
•  Keyleb

Restaurants have for many years played a major role in the retail industry. It has not mattered whether the retail industry has been located in a high street, or in a shopping mall, the concentration of shops is always accompanied by restaurants both large and small. Shopping can take time and during a visit to […]

•  On Aug, 08, 2018
•  Keyleb

Since 1995 a new form of shopping has emerged that has threatened the traditional methods that every household has been practicing for years and that is on-line shopping. This was the year that both Amazon and e-bay were founded, and now people had the opportunity to sit at home and use the world-wide-web to do […]

•  On Aug, 02, 2018
•  Keyleb

The designer stores reflect the size and potential affluence of a shopping area. The term designer store implies that the contents of the store are going to be of the highest quality and those people who choose to shop in these store going to be prepared to pay a healthy amount of money in order […]

•  On Jul, 12, 2018
•  Keyleb

For years the bustling high street was synonymous of all British towns and cities. Within this central area there were similar shops yet there was still enough space for the town to have such enterprises that reflected the areas own unique culture. In recent years these businesses have been put at high risk. The building […]

•  On Jul, 08, 2018
•  Keyleb

Continuing our global journey to see what five products are readily available on all five continents, we look at three more famous brand names that are available in stores from Ethiopia to Peru, and everywhere in between. In part one we focused on Coca Cola and Laughing Cow cheese, but we start this particular blog […]

•  On Jul, 05, 2018
•  Keyleb

Supermarkets have evolved in the 20th and 21st centuries into massive businesses. The original aim of the supermarkets was to supply cut-price food stuffs to its customers, but today the range of goods that are sold is vast and includes all types of products. With department stores now selling food stuffs that is very little […]

•  On Jun, 20, 2018
•  Keyleb

Think of all the different markets, supermarkets, corner and department stores around the world selling different brands and goods that are particular to their country. The number of different items runs into the millions, but there are a few consumable ones that you can find literally everywhere. In this blog we uncover five everyday products […]

•  On Jun, 20, 2018
•  Keyleb

There are numerous ways that people can shop for sports goods. The market for sports goods is massive and there are a variety of ways that people can purchase the goods that they want. The term sports items can be associated with either clothing that is worn for sports activities, or equipment that is required […]

•  On Jun, 10, 2018
•  Keyleb

As societies became more industrialized at the start of the 20th century more and people were now able to afford to be able to shop in the department store. However society was producing different levels of wealth, with the upper classes being able to shop regularly at stores like Harvey Nicholls and Harrods, while the […]

•  On May, 22, 2018
•  Keyleb

Today department stores contain a number of different sections that that means that most people are able to do the majority of their shopping in one store. The stores have been emerging since the middle of the 19th century when they started to appear in the UK, France and the United States. Department stores became […]

•  On Apr, 29, 2018
•  Keyleb

Shopping malls have been created to replace the top retail stores being located in the old city centres. The shopping mall usually comprises of one or two buildings that have several different floors. Some of the levels will specialize in different types of shopping and the result is that all of the town’s retail requirements […]

•  On Apr, 17, 2018
•  Keyleb

Markets were the first places where people were to trade in goods. In past times they were often situated at nodal points of transport networks. A settlement with good communications could be guaranteed a market as it was fairly certain there would be enough passing trade to supply the stalls with a regular amount of […]

•  On Apr, 03, 2018
•  Keyleb

Retail is the selling of goods and services to consumers in order to make a profit. It does not matter how an advanced society we have become this type of economic activity has been in operation since man first occupied the planet. Today the amount of retail available is vast and can range from the […]