Changing Shopping Habits

Spero News:

Over the past century or so, we’ve seen a number of major changes in the ways that goods are marketed and sold. Along with the traditional retail storefronts, businesses have used door-to-door salesmen, radio & TV advertising, network marketing, direct mail (how many credit card offers did you get in your mailbox this week?) and yes, even more catalogs to sell products. And who would have ever thought that people would actually watch 30-minute TV commercials – and then buy the products being peddled by celebrities on channels like QVC and HSN?