For decades, big stores optimized their floor plans to maximize our exposure to products we might potentially buy while we seek something specific. One 7/11-alike near me put bread section on the opposite end of the floor from exit, so to buy a pretty common food item you go all the way past most of their inventory, and other popular categories spread out too to ensure you cover 100% of the store with your footsteps before you fill the average consumer cart of products. This surely adds some %s to their revenue, but makes shopping exhausting if you don’t know where everything is.
For decades, big stores optimized their floor plans to maximize our exposure to products we might potentially buy while we seek something specific. One 7/11-alike near me put bread section on the opposite end of the floor from exit, so to buy a pretty common food item you go all the way past most of their inventory, and other popular categories spread out too to ensure you cover 100% of the store with your footsteps before you fill the average consumer cart of products. This surely adds some %s to their revenue, but makes shopping exhausting if you don’t know where everything is.