I was visiting my local supermarket the other day and I bought a new laptop; it was rather an impulse buy I have to say. To be truthful, I have been ‘deciding what laptop to buy’ for a few weeks now so it was not as much of an impulse buy as it might have been. The price was right and the specification was above my minimum requirements. Credit card ready!
However, my purchase left me thinking that only a few years ago, buying a laptop from the local supermarket would have been unheard of. In those days, the weekly food shop was the main thing, but now …. it seems that anything goes. My local supermarket has recently been converted into a much larger version by the creation of an upstairs floor even though, from the outside of the building, there does not appear to be enough space for an additional level! The new space has all those ‘extra’ items that we have to buy…..
I believe this is what is called ‘progress’ in some quarters but is called ‘foul’ by other retailers who complain that supermarkets are muscling in on their territory. I don’t know who wins the argument but the situation is unlikely to stop here. Things have certainly changed from a few years ago.