Shopping is the examining of goods or services from retailers with intent to purchase
at that time. Shopping is the activity of selection and/or purchase. In some
contexts it is considered a leisure activity as well as an economic one.
Shopping
can be traced back to many civilisations in history. In ancient
Rome, there was Trajan's Market with tabernas that served as retailing units.
Shopping list are known to be used by Romans as one was discovered by Hadrian's
wall dated back 75-125 AD written for a soldier.
To many it is considered
a recreational activity in which one visits a variety of stores in search
of a suitable product to purchase. Window shopping is an activity that shoppers
engage in by browsing though glass windows of a shop for entertainment. Might
try on the item(s) or imagine purchasing these items without actually purchasing,
possibly just to pass the time between other activities, or planning a purchase.
To
some, shopping is a task of inconvenience and vexation. Shoppers
sometimes go though great lengths to wait in long lines to buy popular
products as typically observed with early adopters shoppers and holiday shoppers.
Sometimes buyers feel ripped-off because they did not get what they paid for
often asking for a refund. Sometimes shoppers get caught up in a scam.
More
recently compulsive shopping has been recognised as an addiction. Commonly
referred as compulsive shopping, shopping addiction, shopaholic or formally
oniomania, these shoppers have an impulsive uncontrollable need to go shopping
to get a rush or high. Some people, in order to cover up their addiction, call
shopping "retail therapy." |
