calimac

Your first paragraph makes sense to me. Stores are all about marketing, and good PR, so to speak. I've learned a lot about both over the years. Note what you see when you first walk into any store. In places like grocery stores and Target/Wal-mart types of stores, note what's on the end caps. Notice also that traditionally grocery stores and the low-end dept stores (Wal-mart, etc) had aisles that were vertical to the front and back of the store. These would take the shopper quickly to the back of the store to the meat and dairy sections. Of course, these areas, like the frozen sections, should be shopped in almost last. Fresh produce, like fruits and veggies, might need to be the last. However, I have noticed a new trend of making the aisle horizontal to the front and back of the store, which causes one to wander back and forth through the store, as though one is lost in a maze; thus one spends more time in the store, and of course, ultimately spends more money. Just what they want, of course. ;)