953 nut 59,520 #1 Posted June 4 Shopping Cart Day on June 4 calls for a celebration of the baskets on wheels we use to journey through the aisles in a supermarket. The inventor of shopping carts wanted to increase the time customers spent in a supermarket in order to maximize the overall profitability rates by expanding the medium to temporarily carry items in store. The initial designs included baskets and carriage capacity factors. Many other points related to push-pull ease, wheel rotation, and material heaviness also had to be considered. In the starting days, shopping carts did not catch on as many males found the idea too ‘effeminate’ for them, while many females believed the shopping cart would be too similar to pushing a baby carriage. 1 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 1,352 #3 Posted June 4 The inventor likely also owned an autobody shop. Out of curiosity, I googled how much shopping carts cost and one website had the following: According to Wikipedia, the average cart can cost $75 to $150, and shopping cart theft is estimated to be in the $800 million range annually. This LA Times article says grocery stores lose 12 percent of its carts every year, and to replace one, it can cost an average of $75 to $125 for retailers such as Walmart. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
