My Wordless Sunday in 2010 - #7

My Wordless Sunday in 2010 - #7

Do you like window shopping?

My window shopping in Charleston, South Carolina

Do you like window shopping?





History of modern shopping

Fairs and markets have a long and history that started when man felt the need to exchange goods. People would shop for goods at a weekly market in nearby towns. Then shops began to be permanently established. Shops were specialized , e.g. a bakery, a butchery, a grocer. Then supermarkets appeared.

There have been three major phases in the shopping / trading world in the last 100 years. In a way, these link up into a full circle.

1. Customers would be served by the shopkeeper, who would retrieve all the good on their shopping list. Shops would often deliver the goods to the customers' homes.

2. Customers have to select goods, retrieve them off the shelves using self service, and even pack their own goods. Customers deliver their own goods.

3. Customers select goods via the internet. The goods are delivered to their homes as in phase one.

It was 1878 in Dayton, Ohio saloon owner James Ritty was not a happy man. He suspected that members of his staff were stealing from his business by taking customer cash and pocketing it. Unfortunately, Ritty had no way of proving that pilfering was the problem. The next year he did. With the help of his brother, Ritty invented and patented the first mechanical cash register, named “ Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier ”.

The last ten years have been a wild time on the Internet, especially when it comes to online shopping. The e-commerce industry has seen rapid growth, a shake out of the market due to security concerns, and finally, a rebirth thanks to new technologies and innovative ways to shop.

Read more about window shopping and shopping behaviors in general, here.





Hello my friends,



Thank you all for the many immense nice comments to my photo "RED". It was overwhelming to read all your wonderful thoughts and compliments.

I appreciate every single one.

I hope you like this one today too.



Have a wonderful day.

Love you all!

Susanne







Buy my art at Imagekind

Do you like window shopping?

My window shopping in Charleston, South Carolina

Do you like window shopping?





History of modern shopping

Fairs and markets have a long and history that started when man felt the need to exchange goods. People would shop for goods at a weekly market in nearby towns. Then shops began to be permanently established. Shops were specialized , e.g. a bakery, a butchery, a grocer. Then supermarkets appeared.

There have been three major phases in the shopping / trading world in the last 100 years. In a way, these link up into a full circle.

1. Customers would be served by the shopkeeper, who would retrieve all the good on their shopping list. Shops would often deliver the goods to the customers' homes.

2. Customers have to select goods, retrieve them off the shelves using self service, and even pack their own goods. Customers deliver their own goods.

3. Customers select goods via the internet. The goods are delivered to their homes as in phase one.

It was 1878 in Dayton, Ohio saloon owner James Ritty was not a happy man. He suspected that members of his staff were stealing from his business by taking customer cash and pocketing it. Unfortunately, Ritty had no way of proving that pilfering was the problem. The next year he did. With the help of his brother, Ritty invented and patented the first mechanical cash register, named “ Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier ”.

The last ten years have been a wild time on the Internet, especially when it comes to online shopping. The e-commerce industry has seen rapid growth, a shake out of the market due to security concerns, and finally, a rebirth thanks to new technologies and innovative ways to shop.

Read more about window shopping and shopping behaviors in general, here.





Hello my friends,



Thank you all for the many immense nice comments to my photo "RED". It was overwhelming to read all your wonderful thoughts and compliments.

I appreciate every single one.

I hope you like this one today too.



Have a wonderful day.

Love you all!

Susanne







Buy my art at Imagekind

House on the sand

"He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on rock because the wind and rain ruined his house on the sand."
~ Constance Naden ~


Hello my friends,

Yesterday I was to busy to post anything. I still want to say thank you for all your visits and kind comments to my Tsunami sign photo from Monday.
Thanks for coming back and to be my loyal friend.
See you tomorrow again :)

Have a wonderful day!
Susanne

House on the sand

"He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on rock because the wind and rain ruined his house on the sand."
~ Constance Naden ~


Hello my friends,

Yesterday I was to busy to post anything. I still want to say thank you for all your visits and kind comments to my Tsunami sign photo from Monday.
Thanks for coming back and to be my loyal friend.
See you tomorrow again :)

Have a wonderful day!
Susanne

My Wordless Sunday in 2010 - # 6

My Wordless Sunday in 2010 - # 6

It's the artist business...

It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
~ Romain Rolland ~

Hi my friend,

I know a lot of you are sitting just now up there in the North, covered again with a lot of snow and cold temperatures.

As you can read in the quote above, where R.Rolland says:
It's the artist business, to create sunshine.

Here it comes!
Catch the 1000 tons of sunshine from the Sunshine State of Florida - for YOU to ENJOY....*smile*...

Thank you all for your kind comments and compliments to my post yesterday, my friends. Love you all!

Have a wonderful day and please come back tomorrow also for my "Wordless Sunday" photo, here on this blog. Thanks!

Susanne

It's the artist business...

It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
~ Romain Rolland ~

Hi my friend,

I know a lot of you are sitting just now up there in the North, covered again with a lot of snow and cold temperatures.

As you can read in the quote above, where R.Rolland says:
It's the artist business, to create sunshine.

Here it comes!
Catch the 1000 tons of sunshine from the Sunshine State of Florida - for YOU to ENJOY....*smile*...

Thank you all for your kind comments and compliments to my post yesterday, my friends. Love you all!

Have a wonderful day and please come back tomorrow also for my "Wordless Sunday" photo, here on this blog. Thanks!

Susanne

Abstract Reality II

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
~Albert Schweitzer~



Hi my friends,

thanks again and again for all the wonderful comments and compliments to my
"Abstract Reality" picture from yesterday. This one today is in red and is a follow up on the blue from yesterday. Different but strong too.
Don't think that I'm on a "Color therapy" trip now........LOL... :))
I feel fine, don't worry....*smile*...

It's weekend again and it's warming up slowly in Florida. It's very nice and in the 70's today. Just to let you people know, up there in the North: pack your bags and run away from that cold and snow. Come down here...
Florida needs some more tourists here! :))

Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm.
Susanne



CALENDARS 2010 - CALENDARS 2010
who wants to have another one?

Abstract Reality II

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
~Albert Schweitzer~



Hi my friends,

thanks again and again for all the wonderful comments and compliments to my
"Abstract Reality" picture from yesterday. This one today is in red and is a follow up on the blue from yesterday. Different but strong too.
Don't think that I'm on a "Color therapy" trip now........LOL... :))
I feel fine, don't worry....*smile*...

It's weekend again and it's warming up slowly in Florida. It's very nice and in the 70's today. Just to let you people know, up there in the North: pack your bags and run away from that cold and snow. Come down here...
Florida needs some more tourists here! :))

Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm.
Susanne



CALENDARS 2010 - CALENDARS 2010
who wants to have another one?

Abstract Reality

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.
~Jim Hodges~



Hi my friends,
Thank you ALL for the nice comments from yesterday. Yesterday it was the color "green" and today I'm here "in blue". How do you like that...?

And now it's "cleaning the house time" on my agenda today
I don't love it, I hate it....*smile*....

Who wants to come and help me with...LOL...
See you tomorrow!
Susanne



btw, I still have some CALENDARS 2010 left, just in case you want pep up those gray walls in your office with one.... they are available to buy here - and... THANK you!

Abstract Reality

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.
~Jim Hodges~



Hi my friends,
Thank you ALL for the nice comments from yesterday. Yesterday it was the color "green" and today I'm here "in blue". How do you like that...?

And now it's "cleaning the house time" on my agenda today
I don't love it, I hate it....*smile*....

Who wants to come and help me with...LOL...
See you tomorrow!
Susanne



btw, I still have some CALENDARS 2010 left, just in case you want pep up those gray walls in your office with one.... they are available to buy here - and... THANK you!