 Online shopping allows the buyer to save the time and expense, which would have been spent traveling to the store or mall.According to technology and research firm Forrester, mobile purchases or mcommerce will account for 49% of ecommerce, or $252 billion in sales, by 2020

Convenience stores are common in North America, and are often called "bodegas" in Spanish-speaking communities or "dépanneurs" in French-speaking ones.Sometimes peddlers and ice cream trucks pass through neighborhoods offering goods and services.