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It may be somewhat stereotypical but yes, in my experience, some women like to “shop” often without anything in particular in mind. Or maybe one thing they need, but enjoy browsing around and making an afternoon out of it.

Not all women of course. And not all women can afford to spend an afternoon browsing and impulse buying. But stores like Marshalls and TJMaxx are successful because they follow what they call a “treasure hunt” model. New stuff comes in all the time and it gets tucked away somewhere; and women spend considerable time going through the aisles looking at what’s new.

There probably is a market for “appointment only” stores. Sounds like it comes right out of the 1950’s; or for very upscale stores. But it’s not what one thinks of as Department Store which has a lot of square footage of inventory and it needs to turn.

'... women like to “shop” often without anything in particular in mind. Or maybe one thing they need, but enjoy browsing around and making an afternoon out of it.'

It goes back to our hunter-gatherer past. While the men were out killing the critters, we were looking for little side dishes and deserts and other household things.

We've never gotten it out of our system.

“”””There probably is a market for “appointment only” stores.””””

Perhaps for a small specialty store where the selection is for a particular designer or brand of purse or of a small selection of the very expensive and desired fashion items.

Lol, I’m getting a little out of my area, but I’m giving it the full effort.