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Brighton, located in southern England, is considered to be a very fashionable and exciting town to visit or live in for that matter. It is a sea side resort town, which means one can expect all of the sights and sounds associated with seaside towns. Because of its geographic proximity to London, (only 3 hours by train from London) Brighton has become a favourite place for yuppies and alternative lifestyle communities to “hang out”. The numbers says it all; Brighton is visited by nearly 9 million tourists each year! What more proof does one need of the roaring popularity of this once humble seaside town!

As far as sights and sounds go, Brighton has it all. Sizzling beaches frequented by even more sizzling people, beautiful bluish-green sea water, great night life with plenty of music and entertainment, plenty of life and gaiety, wherever you look, one gets the picture! In fact, some travel magazines even go as far as describing Brighton as a miniature version of Las Vegas! Need one say more? In short Brighton has grown to easily become one of the hippest towns in all of UK, if not all of Europe! Each day thousands day time visitors and sunbathers throng to this city.

A bit of history

Like many coastal villages of Europe, Brighton was just another fishing village, dating back to the Middle Ages. Being a coastal town it also meant that it was vulnerable to foreign attacks. Many cultures, from the Saxons to the Dutch, have left their foot prints on this town. By the late 19th century the final blow was struck when bad weather and worse economy all but destroyed this small town. However, a few decades later the fortunes of Brighton turned for the better when a well known doctor named Richard Russell, wrote in one of his books stating that taking a bath in the sea water of Brighton was good for one’s health! Ever since, Brighton has never had to look back, and the popularity of this town grew exponentially, which continues to this day.

However, Brighton is not all about lively parties and nightlife. It is true that there enough pubs to make even the most discerning traveller happy, but some of the hotels in Brighton are also amazing. Not only that, the presence of several colleges ensures that the pub scene remains very lively and interesting. On the other hand there are other activities available also such as shopping and sightseeing. In fact, the shopping scene in Brighton is capable of keeping the most hardcore shopaholic busy all day. The 3 most popular shopping areas are North Lanes, Churchill Square and The Lanes. Each of these locations has its own distinct characteristics. North Lane has all the quirky stores where you can find unusual objects, Churchill square has all the familiar store names and is frequented more by families, Lanes is the place to go to if one is into jewellery and antiques.

There are many different memory tools parents can use nowadays, and there are always new-fangled techniques on how to develop your child’s memory coming onto the market. However, if you take a step back and look at the activities you and your child do on a regular basis you can develop your own memory games and make learning fun for your child. It really is true that learning starts at home!

As an example, one easy technique is the shopping game. The aim of this is to develop your child’s memory by getting them to remember 5 or more shopping items which you will both choose before you go shopping. As you go round the shop you should then prompt your child to remember the different items on your list. You can use memory triggers such as a high five on entering the shop and as you go round the aisles talk about all the items on your list that you need to buy. Make it as easy or difficult as you like, and increase or decrease the number of items dependent on the age of your child. Everyday items like milk and bread will be easier to remember than one off items such as oxo cubes and vinegar.

Before you go to the shop sit down with your child and make a list of five items you need. A recommendation is to include items that your child knows and uses, such as bread, apples, biscuits. Alternatively it might be fun to make up a funny story involving the items you need to buy. The more humourous the story the easier it will be for your child to remember.

An example would be…

“Aggie Applewent to the fair with Mr Tomato and Butter Bob. They went on the big swings and ate blueberries until their tongues turned blue. Farmer Tom gave them some milkto wash down all the blueberries.”

Cover the list up and leave it alone for ten minutes. After that time see how many your child has remembered. You can leave it for a further hour, or even until the next day, and see if they still remember their list items. Remember that the older the child the more items you can add to the list, and if you start out with just a couple you can add to the list as time goes by.

Another option is to give your child an incentive to memorise the list. If your child is older or you have more than one child you could play a game to see who can make up the zaniest story or who can remember the most items.

There are lots of ways to develop your child’s memory and this is just one example. Look at the things you do every day and see if you can make a game out of any of those activities. Remember if you make it fun your child will get more from it!

Since the advent of the modern commerce becomes the center part of social life, the methods and means to shop are constantly involved in. From the manufacturing innovations to market schemes, there are great advances made each year to attract more and more customers.

Although the consumer economy is booming today, as a shopper, it is OK to be a wise shopper. Your role to be shopper is simply more than to spend your own money. As a matter of fact, your own experience, upbringing, insight also can determine your preference on shopping and direction the manufacturers take.

However which products and how much of them in the market are determined by the need of customers, therefore the your shopping action directly decide the competition. As a shopper, it is the duty to make wise decisions in shopping. Faulty goods you buy would encourage the bad business practices. And on the country, by selecting items carefully according to your research, the manufacturers would be encouraged to improve better and appreciate the hard work and effort to place goods of excellent quality on the shelves.

Does it sound idealistic? But the bottom line for all sellers, marketers and manufacturers is that customers are always right. Every one have his own right to decide how to spend his money. No other advertising, marketing or promotional sales can make you do what you don’t want. And this is the true reason of each individual customer can help shape the healthy industry. To reach this, just need every shopper’s wise choice when he or she take actions. If you do not satisfy with your purchase, you have the right to make a complain, return the goods, ask for refund or an exchange. And every one has the right to get his money worthy.

And now with the diversity of the modern commerce, the ways and means of shopping are diversified. Mail order, TV shopping and shopping online are common today. Being the new ways to shop with great convenience , the online shopping becomes booming now. And there are a strong and promising market in e-commerce. And also it is consumer-centric.

In e-commerce, the comments can be not only put on the purchase but also the sellers. These comments, reviewers and insights can be found and studied, which can make or break a business. And just like this, the reliability and honesty become the center which can be helpful to shape a healthy business environment.

And it is true that e-stores allows user to user transaction such as eBay. That you may know that eBay does not ever sell his own products, the registered users selling goods to each other. The eBay is just like a the market manager which just provide the service for the sellers. And you can though the e-Bay to get some useful information and make your shopping wise.

In a word, the e-commerce almost has the all advantage to shape a healthy direction of industry. And that is probably its booming and promising future relies.