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  1. The first shopping mall, The Arcade, opened in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1828.
  2. The average American household spends about 9% of their income on clothing and footwear.
  3. The world's largest mall is the New South China Mall, located in Dongguan, China. It has over 8,000 stores but it's largely empty.
  4. The first department store, Bon Marche, opened in Paris in 1838.
  5. Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.
  6. Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world, with over 150 million active users.
  7. Americans are said to spend an average of $700 per year on impulse purchases.
  8. The earliest known marketplaces date back to ancient Mesopotamia around 2500 BCE.
  9. The first shopping cart was invented in 1936 by Sylvan Goldman.
  10. Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the busiest online shopping day of the year.
  11. Shopping is the second most popular activity on the internet, after email.
  12. The first online shopping transaction occurred in 1994 when a man in the United Kingdom bought a Sting CD from a website.
  13. The average American household spends about 5% of their income on electronics.
  14. The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, opened in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1916.
  15. The average American household spends about 7% of their income on eating out.
  16. The world's first retail catalog was published by Montgomery Ward in 1872.
  17. Shopping addiction, also known as compulsive buying disorder, affects an estimated 6% of the population.
  18. The first shopping center, Country Club Plaza, opened in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1922.
  19. The average American household spends about 3% of their income on home improvement.
  20. The world's first shopping mall, Westminster Arcade, opened in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1828.

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