Italians don't like to shop

Everybody loves shopping, right? For some reason, I didn’t think like that about Italians. In Rome, I never saw a big mall with neither shopping stores nor shopping places. 

However, they do have small clothing boutiques that open till 1.30pm afternoon on the weekends. Isn’t it so weird? Because usually people go shopping on the weekends, afternoon time, but not early in the morning.

Also, when you do go shopping for clothing or shoes, make sure that you know the sales associate who works there’ll assist you. Basically, the shopper sometimes isn’t allowed to touch anything and the sales associate does the job and everything for the shopper. Shopping for clothes is one thing, but when you go grocery shopping Italians have their own schedule for it too. For example, grocery stores, supermarkets and other business places close on Sundays after 7.30pm in addition to that they take long lunch breaks. They might be from 12.30 till 3 or 4pm. It seems very strange to me. Business wise, it’s good to have grocery stores open to make budgets and make extra money, but I guess that’s not the case. They prefer leisure time to working and making money. Speaking of shopping, since Rome is visited by millions of people each year, they have souvenir shops only in the shopping heart of the city, which is located on Piazza del Popolo. 

Despite's that, Italians clothing shops are amazing! Too bad they do not carry some of the brands in North America.