#Burnsteem25 || Steemit Engagement Challenge S4-W1|Traditional Retail Shopping : Shopping at Market Square by @Sahmie

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_{Designed by @Sahmie using pixellab app.}

This is my participation publication for the contest "Steemit Engagement Contest Season4 Week #1 | Economic recovery of the traditional retail sector". hosted by @steempreneurship

INTRODUCTION

Retailing is said to be the distribution process, in which goods and services are sold directly to the final consumer (i.e. the final user of the product). It pertains to the sale of goods and services from a point of purchase to the final consumers, the people who are going to make use of that product.

Retailing, in the accepted sense, comprises all the actions in selling goods or services directly to the final users for personal and non-business use. This includes any set-up selling to final consumers, be it a manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer.

Currently, the world of retailing has experienced significant changes due to the increase in competitive strategies and Technology. Civilisation has brought about different modern ways or kinds of retailing including E-commerce (online shopping), Cooperate retailing etc.

For this report, I am asked to illustrate the traditional concept of retailing and how it has fared along so far, so sit tight and enjoy, hope there is popcorn with you.

WHO IS A TRADITIONAL RETAILER?

Traditional on its own, means the conventional, established or formal knowledge or cultural ways of doing things. This in turn means the way things were done was taught to us.

Knowing who a retailer already is from the introduction, who then is a traditional retailer?

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A Traditional Retailer(s) is/are those people who still use the conventional ways/means of distributing goods and services to the final consumers.

In traditional retailing, the vendor and the store are exceptionally important. The store gives the buyer the chance to compare and get information about a product. Thus, making the physical store and its salespeople very important as they need to have the required skills, knowledge, goods, and services all in one place. Other important factors include the shop's location, contacts, and variety.

Therefore, Traditional Retailers include owners/shopkeepers of various types of retail stores such as convenience stores, department stores, supermarkets, catalogue showrooms, drug stores, superstores, speciality stores etc. that still offers face-to-face interactions.

FUNCTIONS OF A RETAILER

Retailers or shopkeepers have numerous significant functions to execute to promote, enable and simplify the sale of goods and services. These functions include –

SORTING
Manufacturers produce vast quantities of comparable goods and services and they like to sell their merchandise to a few customers who buy in tons or lots. As customers prefer different varieties of goods from various manufacturers to choose from. Retailers help balance the demands of both sides by amassing and assorting these goods and services from different sources and putting them according to the needs of the consumers.

BREAKING BULK
Shopkeepers and Retailers buy goods from manufacturers and wholesalers in adequately substantial amounts and sell to the final customers/users in smaller quantities they can afford.

For the reasons mentioned above, I can say for myself that I am still very much a happy guy to make us of the Traditional Retailers and One place I find myself using always is MARKET SQUARE.

MARKET SQUARE Is a mart/super store that still offers Traditional retailing services here in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Located along the Imbiama - Yenagoa Road.

	Location of the store on What3word and Google Map

MARKET SQUARE as the name imply is a retail store that offers different kinds/types of goods, ranging from fresh vegetables and fruits, to bakery products such as bread, cakes, meat pies, chicken pies etc, to kitchen utensils, mobile phones, pharmaceutical products and much more. They sell even fast foods.

Made popular by its unique bread, I am not alone when I say it's the people's favourite store for any kind of goods.

Yesterday I found myself there to purchase some items for the family, and I wouldn't mind sharing with you all, I went there happy to buy snacks for the family.

My Purchased Items

Below are all items I purchased and their prices.

ITEMS	NAIRA	STEEM	QUANTITY
Meat Pie	N350	2.24	6
Chicken Pie	N400	2.56	4
Fan Ice Cream (3 Litres)	N4,953	31.75	1
Total Amount	N8,095	51.89

	The invoice of my total Purchase

The price of 1 steem as at the time of writing this post is approximately 156 naira at Roqqu wallet.

Below are some photos I managed to take to share with you all, Forgive the low quality as taking photos or video recordings is prohibited inside the mart.

The Ice-cream stand	The Ice-cream stand

The Frozen meat stand	The Frozen meat stand

The pie's stand	The pie's stand

The Drinks Area	The Drinks Area

The Pay Desk	Awaiting customer

CONCLUSION

The major distinction between modern retailers and traditional retailers is that modern retailers uses the service of internet to reach out to customers, whereas traditional retailers allows the consumer to actually see and feel the products they wish to buy.

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Thank you all for always making out time to go through my work, and I only hope you enjoyed it😉😁. I can never say thank you enough. You are my real MVPs.

PHOTOS DETAILS
Photographer	@Sahmie
Camera Device	Redmi note 11
Camera	Rear
Pixels	50MP
Editor	Lightroom Mobile App.
Category	Lifestyle, Business
Location	yenagoa, Bayelsa. Nigeria

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