Shopping Vocabulary Important

Set 2: People
shopper – a person who is shopping - It was the start of the summer sales and the high street was packed with shoppers. customer – a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business - I like to do my shopping early in the morning before the shops get busy with customers.
retailer – a business or person that sells goods to individual customers, as opposed to a wholesaler or supplier, who normally sell their goods to another business - Although supermarkets are primarily food retailers, they also sell many other things such as electrical goods and clothing.
bargain hunter – someone who is looking for goods that are very good value for money, usually because they are on sale at a lower price than normal - My sister is a keen dedicated bargain hunter and rarely pays full price for anything.
shop assistant / sales assistant – a person who serves customers in a shop - These days, shop assistants are often too busy chatting to one another to help their customers.
cashier - the person who takes the money in a shop - The cashiers were all busy and I had to join a queue to pay for my groceries.
market trader / market vendor – a person who runs a stall at a market - I was late getting into town and many of the market traders were already packing away their stalls.
store detective – a person employed by a store to detect and prevent theft from the store by shoplifters. - The store detective stopped the man as he was leaving the store and discovered a stolen bottle of wine in his coat pocket.
Set 3: Types of shop
shop / store / retail outlet – a place where customers can buy goods - My favourite shop / store / retail outlet to visit when I’m in London is Harrods.
chain store – a group of shops that belong to one company - These days, most towns in the UK are full of chain stores and there are very few independent retailers left.
independent stores – shops not owned by large companies - When I want to buy a special outfit for a wedding, I shop in an independent store so that I can be sure that no one else will be wearing the same thing.