| There was a time when shoe shopping meant | | | | the pair if you wanted to try them on. |
| taking a trip to a local, physical store. But times | | | | Looking back, this seems like a strange way of |
| have changed and an increasing number of us are | | | | doing things. Was there only one shoe on the |
| looking to shop for footwear online. We believe | | | | shelf to deter people from stealing them? Or was |
| that we can save money by making purchases | | | | it simply to keep that shop assistant in a job? |
| on the internet and it seems that we're often | | | | Either way, it was an unusual way of doing things. |
| right. | | | | But many of us were happy to shop in this way. |
| Things have certainly changed in relatively short | | | | That may have been because we had so few |
| period of time. It wasn't so long ago that people | | | | alternatives. Once the internet became available in |
| were suggesting that we'd never be tempted to | | | | more offices and homes, we started to realise |
| buy some goods and services online, with clothing | | | | that we could get some cheaper deals by |
| and accessories often being top of the list of | | | | shopping online. Our eyes were opened to the |
| suggestions. As well as worries about the security | | | | fact that traditional stores often had higher prices. |
| of our payment card details, there were concerns | | | | Why should this be the case? The fact is that |
| that we wouldn't be prepared to buy shoes | | | | traditional stores will frequently have higher |
| without being able to try them on first. | | | | overheads. That's often because they have to |
| Reading this, you may be reminded of the days | | | | pay high rents and also staff salaries. It's why |
| when you did use traditional stores. You'd wander | | | | they struggle to compete with internet retailers. |
| in and look at the selection of shoes on offer. | | | | Yet many of us still do visit shoe shops. We often |
| There would usually only be one shoe of your size | | | | look at different styles of shoe, before making |
| in each style. That meant that you'd have to ask | | | | our purchases online. This helps to explain why so |
| a shop assistant to bring you the other shoe of | | | | many traditional stores are now struggling. |