Shop or shopping refers to:
Business and commerce
* A casual word for a
commercial
Commercial may refer to:
* a dose of advertising conveyed through media (such as - for example - radio or television)
** Radio advertisement
** Television advertisement
* (adjective for:) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and s ...
establishment or for a place of business
* Machine shop, a workshop for
machining
Machining is a process in which a material (often metal) is cut to a desired final shape and size by a controlled material-removal process. The processes that have this common theme are collectively called subtractive manufacturing, which utilizes ...
*"In the shop", referring to a car being at an
automotive repair shop
*A
wood shop
Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (cabinetry and furniture), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
History
Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials ...
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Retail shop, possibly within a marketplace
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Shopping
Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scho ...
, e.g.:
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Christmas shopping
The economics of Christmas are significant because Christmas is typically a high-volume selling season for goods suppliers around the world. Sales increase dramatically as people purchase gifts, decorations, and supplies to celebrate. In the ...
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Comparison shopping
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Grocery shopping
A grocery store ( AE), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery is a store that primarily retails a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, a ...
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Online shopping
Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser or a mobile app. Consumers find a product of interest by visiting the website of t ...
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Window shopping
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''
The Shop
''The Shop: Uninterrupted'', or simply ''The Shop'', is an American television talk show created by Paul Rivera. It stars professional basketball star LeBron James and businessman Maverick Carter, who alongside guests have conversations and deba ...
'', an American television talk show
* "Shops", an essay by the Hong Kong writer
Xi Xi
Hsi Hsi/Sai Sai/Xi Xi (; 7 October 1937 – 18 December 2022) was the pseudonym of the Hong Kong author and poet Cheung Yin, "Ellen"/ (). She was born in Shanghai, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of twelve. She was formerly a teacher and had ...
* The Shop, a fictional government agency which appears in various works by Stephen King, including ''
Firestarter'' and ''
Golden Years''
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The Shoppe
The Shoppe was an American country music group from Dallas, Texas, composed of Mark Cathey (vocals), Kevin Bailey (vocals), Roger Ferguson (guitar), Clarke Wilcox (banjo), Mike Caldwell (harmonica), Jack Wilcox (bass), and Lou Chavez (drums).
T ...
, an American country music group
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The Shopping Channel
TSC (formerly The Shopping Channel) is a Canadian discretionary service channel owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The channel showcases various products which viewers can purchase either by telephone or inter ...
, a Canadian home shopping channel
* "Shop", a track from
the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' by Toby Fox
Brands and enterprises
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SHoP Architects
SHoP Architects is an architecture firm in Lower Manhattan, New York City, with projects located on five continents. Led by four principals, the firm provides services to residences, commercial buildings, schools and cultural institutions, as wel ...
, a New York-based architectural firm
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Shop.ca
SHOP.CA is a Canadian coupons and savings website.
Overview
Founded in 2011, SHOP.CA originally allowed approved partners to list and sell products on their website for customers to purchase. SHOP.CA had about 15 million different SKUs on its web ...
, a Canadian online e-commerce website
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Shopify
Shopify Inc. is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Shopify is the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. The Shopify platform offers online ret ...
(NYSE: SHOP)
Science and technology
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.shop
.shop is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) launched in September 2016. Nine companies including Google, Amazon and Famous Four Media filed applications for .shop in the 2012 ICANN new gTLD application round. GMO Registry became the registry oper ...
, a top-level domain
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Shell higher olefin process
The Shell higher olefin process (SHOP) is a chemical process for the production of linear alpha olefins via ethylene oligomerization and olefin metathesis invented and exploited by Royal Dutch Shell.''Industrial Organic Chemistry'', Klaus Weisserm ...
, or SHOP, a chemical process for the production of α-olefins
Other uses
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Shop, Rajasthan
Shop is also known as soap and sop, a village located in Uniara Tehsil of Tonk, a district of the state of Rajasthan in Western India.
Geography
Shop is located at 25.892296°N 76.210446°E, and covers a total area of 2262.89 km2.
Shop i ...
, a town in Tonk district, Rajasthan, India
* "Shop class", an
industrial arts
Industrial arts is an educational program that features the fabrication of objects in wood or metal using a variety of hand, power, or machine tools. Industrial Arts are commonly referred to as Technology Education. It may include small engine re ...
educational program
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Workshop
Beginning with the Industrial Revolution era, a workshop may be a room, rooms or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Workshops were the ...
See also
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