Retailing Trends in New Millennium

The history of retailing is one of constant evolution. Indeed to know retailing is to understand how societies around the world have themselves evolved. As towns and cities grew these retail stores began stocking a mix of convenience merchandise enabling the formation of high-street bazaars that become the hub retail activity in every city. In the great sweep of social and retail history the ‘modern’ shopping experience can be said to have commenced with the appearance of the department store in the middle of the 19th century. The internet has allowed retailers to connect with potential customers and express their brand in entirely new ways and physical stores have become a part of their