| Everybody loves to shop! Shopping is a major | | | | some (such as Camden Market in London, UK) are |
| recreational activity. It is all too human to become | | | | open every day of the week. |
| absorbed in the details of selection, purchase, and | | | | Such markets are normally specialist-the various stalls |
| display behavior. When you shop, you buy things, | | | | of Camden Market, along with the shops associated |
| when you need to buy things, you head off to the | | | | with it, sell a variety of alternative lifestyle products |
| market. You can find everything in the market! | | | | ranging from clothes and jewelry to CDs, instruments |
| A market is where you buy and sell stuff. You buy | | | | and furniture. |
| and sell things in a market putting into consideration | | | | An example of a large market is Chatuchak weekend |
| the things you need and the things you want. You | | | | market in Bangkok. It covers over 35 acres and |
| buy and sell stuff at a certain price. | | | | contains upwards of 15000 stalls. It is estimated that |
| The prices of the goods may fluctuate depending on | | | | the market receives between 200,000 and 300,000 |
| the time of the year. The market for roses increases | | | | visitors each day. |
| during Valentine's. You can get Christmas cards and | | | | Most stalls are only open on Saturdays and Sundays. |
| Christmas trees and all things Christmas-y at half the | | | | The market offers a wide variety of products |
| price after the Yuletide season. | | | | including household items, clothing, Thai handicrafts, |
| Marketplaces and street markets. A marketplace is a | | | | religious artifacts, collectibles, foods, and live animals. |
| physical location where goods and services are | | | | But now that we have the Internet and the World |
| exchanged. A mall is a market. | | | | Wide Web, the market is right at your finger tips! It |
| Bloomingdale's is a market. Sephora is a market. From | | | | makes everything so much more easier, buying and |
| your high-end mall to your salvation army, all these | | | | selling a thousand and one items can be done at |
| are markets. | | | | home. The e-Bay web site is considered a is the |
| The traditional marketplace is a city square where | | | | major auction service on the Web. eBay popularized |
| traders set up stalls and buyers browse the | | | | the concept of buying and selling online, and both |
| merchandise. This kind of market is very old, and | | | | individuals and commercial enterprises list items for |
| countless such markets are still in operation around | | | | sale. |
| the whole world. | | | | Everything there is for free (at least the posting, |
| In the US, such markets fell. But the renewed | | | | browsing and bidding of items) If an item is |
| interest in local food has caused the reinvention of | | | | purchased, the seller pays eBay an additional fee. |
| this type of market, called farmers' markets in many | | | | Millions of items are offered, and in 2002, nearly $15 |
| towns and cities. | | | | billion worth of merchandise was sold through this |
| In continental Europe, especially in France, street | | | | service. |
| markets, as well as "marketplaces" (covered places | | | | Another example of an online market is The largest |
| where merchants have stalls, but not entire stores) | | | | online shopping site and one of the most widely |
| are common. Both resellers and producers sell their | | | | known e-commerce sites on the Web. Amazon |
| stuff to the public. | | | | started out as an online bookstore, constantly making |
| Markets are often temporary, with stalls only present | | | | news with the number of titles it offered for sale. |
| for two days a week ("market days"), however | | | | |