How the normal weekday effect shopping hours?

Question

Actually I'm doing some research about [Leisure & Tourism] topic here.

Answer 1

Shopping hours became extended for a couple reasons.
As more and more women joined the workforce, especially married women, there was no time for shopping, even for groceries.

Secondly, when discounters and chains exploded into retailing, they opened for longer hours in order to extol business from their competitors. This created a "snowball" effect and most all stores extended their hours, in order meet this competition.

I experienced these changes over 50 years in retailing. I've been part of discussions about a premise that there is a limited amount of dollars that may be spent in any given week or month. And the only thing accomplished is to spread those dollars spent over longer hours.

One fallacy that may be concluded from that premise, is the increase in population, and the fact that more hours are necessary in order to service the increased populace. The result may be that there is less "frenzy" by customers and service people that would occur with the old hours of operation.
Even more extended hours at Christmas is the best example, when there is such a rush to complete so much buying.

Answer 2

I work in retail, and you're telling me that there is a 'normal' weekday when people want to shop??
Forgive me for thinking that we are so rushed now that we feel everything has to be open 24 hours so that one day simply blends into another........