shopping
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Shopping for pleasure
- Evolution of stores: from arcades to department stores
- Shopping venues
- Shopping hubs
- Stores
- Home shopping
- Neighborhood shopping
- Party shopping
- Shopping activity
- Shopping seasons
- Spree shopping
- Pricing and negotiation
- "Window shopping"
- Utility cycling
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scholars which identifies one group of shoppers as recreational shoppers, that is, those who enjoy shopping and view it as a leisure activity.