Why do most shops open 9 till 5

[The Running Man]

Whether it's better at night is irrelevant, the point is that if you want to be selling goods out of your retail outlet then you need people with an income to pay a visit, many of whom are unfortunately at work whilst you are open.

If I needed a pair of Jeans, i wouldn't go into town as i'll have to wait until Saturday as everything is closed when I finish work at 5. I'd order it online or drive to the retail park 11 miles away after work, then I can have it today or tomorrow at worst. In fact I did this last week, I needed an SSD to sort out my dads PC as his had failed, there are 2 independent computer shops in town, both close at 5 so I drove to a large national chain outside of town & had one that night, i'd have had to use half a days annual leave to go into town.

Probably best if they did 11am-8pm

That way they still catch the lunch trade and give the after work people time to get there, while avoiding the 10pm drunkards.

 

[chaparral]

Probably best if they did 11am-8pm

That way they still catch the lunch trade and give the after work people time to get there, while avoiding the 10pm drunkards.

Or even till 7pm as that would catch all the people that want to pop to the shop on the way home from there 8am till 5.30 jobs..