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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

Shops have to value add to survive. They need to keep prices competitive (come on-line the shipping costs can outweigh price benefit) but the real plus is service.

I want to try on clothes and especially shoes before I buy maybe excepting Tshirts, coats and looser items but return costs can be high.

In archery shops often have indoor ranges so you can try out equipment, get advice so you get the right stuff, get stuff tuned and setup. It's part of the service and prices maybe a little higher to account for it.

Maybe we will get back to smaller, local, specialist shopping. I'd love to have butchers, grocers, cheesemongers etc back but supermarkets seem to be some of the better survivors.

Yes l certainly remember all those type of specialist shops like quite a few members l suspect as well when l was a nipper.

My parents used to send me down there several times a week with a list and strict orders.