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Stores are for people who can’t shop online


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Stores are for people who can’t shop online

Seriously. Why go out there, fight for parking, stay in the lines, waste time and effort? What’s the benefit? Well, other than fitness… What can you find in the brick and mortar store that you cannot find on-line?

It appears that you can get better discounts and much more information when shopping on-line. Also, you will probably have much more items and variety to choose from. Sites like Ebates.com, Mr. Rebates, DealDigs, or RetailMeNot, and many others aggregate the deals and discounts for you. Mr. Rebates or Ebates.com also pays cash, sometimes as much as 10% of your purchase, back to you when you make a purchase when reaching the on-line store by clicking its link on Ebates.

Cash, not worthless coupons or discounts on future purchases, cash back to your pocket! Can you get that in a store? Tell me, because I haven’t seen that anywhere yet.

What do you get by going to a store? You spend tons of time, gas (=cash), nerves and frustration if you haven’t found what you needed. If you shop online and can’t find what you need in one store – just click on the next link in the list and search again. Not in a California store? Check the site of a store in Maine, they’ll send it to you and you won’t even have to pay tax. Many mom-and-pop shops now sell on Amazon Marketplace or eBay, and some provide free shipping, others have shipping costs comparable to the costs of traveling to the closest outlet mall.

You can find and compare items using the search engines of your choice, read reviews and compare features, all that in the comfort of your home, without salesperson nagging you and manipulating you to make the “right” choice.

Oh, and pollution. Drive less – get cleaner air to breathe in your area.

Just something to think of:-)

Happy Holidays,
Your Little Advisor.

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Convenience Stores: The Great Way To Shop Everyday Things


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Convenience Stores: The Great Way To Shop Everyday Things

The convenience store sector is likely to undergo sea changes within the next few years with increase in competition as well as consolidation activities. With the entry of key supermarket players into the convenience retail sector has been compelling existing convenience store operators to reassess their value proposition. It’s expected that by 2007, there will be a shift in focus from offering convenience to providing value-added convenience products and services.


A host of factors have contributed in making ‘convenience-driven’ grocery purchases a convincing reality. The greater demand for spare time, more time spent traveling and commuting and busier daily routines with frenzied pace of contemporary life, have had a major say in the shaping up of convenience stores.


Convenience stores have become ubiquitous fixtures in urban landscapes and their numbers are soaring in most of the Asia countries.

Most of these stores are well planned and are build in close proximity to that segment of the populace who do not have the time to travel to other food outlets such as supermarkets. The prices of products in convenience stores is however markedly high in comparison to those of supermarkets. This is primarily due to the convenience factor associated with these stores. There are convenience stores that offer you the convenience to walk in at any time of the day.


Besides stocking a wide range of quality products ranging from food and beverages, magazines and other everyday items, they also offer a wide variety of services that are making people highly dependent on them. Apart from accepting payment through credit cards, providing automatic teller machines services in cooperation with banks and delivery services make the entire experience truly convenient and simple.


For further information about please read the report: “Asian Convenience Store- An Industry Analysis (2005-2009)” published by RNCOS at: http://www.rncos.com/Report/CP12.htm


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