British Shopping Habits The British

British Shopping Habits

The British are not very adventurous shoppers. They like reliability and buy brand-name goods wherever possible, preferably with the price clearly marked. They are not very keen on haggling over prices. It is therefore not surprising that a very high proportion of the country's shops are branches of chain stores. Visitors from northern European countries are sometimes surprised by the shabbiness of shop-window displays, even in prosperous areas. But the British do not demand art in their shop windows. In general, they have been rather slow to take on the idea that shopping might actually be fun.

On the other hand, visitors are also sometimes struck by the variety of types of shops. Most shops are chain stores, but among those that are not, there is a lot of individuality.

The British have their own systems of measurement. Although on tins or packets of food in British shops the weight of an item is written in the kilos and grams familiar to people from the continent, most British people have little idea of what these terms mean. Everybody in Britain still shops in pound and ounces. Therefore many of their packets and tins also record their weight in pounds (written as "lbs”) and ounces (written as "oz”). Moreover, nobody ever asks a kilo of apples or 200 grams of cheese. If those are amounts you want, you should ask for "two pounds or so” of apples and "half pound or less” of cheese.

Shoe and clothing sizes are also measured on different scales in Britain. The people who work in shops which sell these things usually know about continental and American sizes too, but most British people don't.

Authorities are now trying to attract more people to shops. In fact, in recent years shop opening hours have become more varied. It is now much easier than it used to be to find shops open after six. In some areas the local authorities are encouraging high-street shops to stay open very late in some evenings as a way of putting new life into their "dead” town centres.

But the most significant changes in recent years have been with regard to Sundays. Large shops and supermarkets can now stay open on Sundays for six hours and small shops are allowed to open on Sundays for as long as they like.

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Британский торговый привычки Британцы не являются очень предприимчивый покупателей. Они, как надежность и купить товар бренд имя везде, где это возможно, желательно с ценой четко обозначены. Они не очень заинтересованы в торг за ценами. Поэтому не удивительно, что очень значительная часть страны магазины являются филиалы сети магазинов. Посетителей из стран Северной Европы иногда удивляются убогость-витрина дисплеев, даже в процветающих районах. Однако англичане не требуют искусства в их магазин windows. В целом они были довольно медленно, чтобы взять на идее, что шоппинг может быть весело.С другой стороны посетителей также иногда удивляет различных типов магазинов. Большинство магазинов сети магазинов, но среди тех, которые не являются, есть много индивидуальности. Британцы имеют свои собственные системы измерения. Несмотря на жести или пакеты продовольствия в британских магазинах, что вес элемента записывается в кг и граммов знакомы людям с континента, большинство британских люди имеют мало идея того, что означают эти термины. Все в Великобритании еще Магазины в фунтов и унций. Поэтому многие из их пакеты и жестяные банки также записывать их вес в фунтах (пишется как «кг») и унций (пишется как «Оз»). Кроме того никто никогда не спрашивает Кило яблок или 200 граммов сыра. Если те суммы, которые вы хотите, вы должны спросить за «два фунта или около того» яблок и «половина фунт или менее» сыра.Shoe and clothing sizes are also measured on different scales in Britain. The people who work in shops which sell these things usually know about continental and American sizes too, but most British people don't.Authorities are now trying to attract more people to shops. In fact, in recent years shop opening hours have become more varied. It is now much easier than it used to be to find shops open after six. In some areas the local authorities are encouraging high-street shops to stay open very late in some evenings as a way of putting new life into their "dead” town centres.But the most significant changes in recent years have been with regard to Sundays. Large shops and supermarkets can now stay open on Sundays for six hours and small shops are allowed to open on Sundays for as long as they like.