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Hello. Suppose I am a consumer who likes going on shopping sprees. I
am interested in visiting ALL larger economic cities around the world
to buy all sorts of goods (fashion, electronics etc.) at retail shops.
Could you name me a variety of websites where I could prepare my
upcoming shopping spree?

My interest will be to have free access to:
1.	International city shopping guides (info about the city
infrastructure, highstreet, parking, public transportation and
pricing, consumers buying power in this city, etc.)

2.	In those international cities what retailers will I find? Is there
a database where I can browse the retailer’s corporate identity and
maybe see a picture of the shop?

Ideally I would like to find a single stop website that can offer all
information that interests “shopping maniacs” (1 and 2). Alternatively
where do I get such specific information scattered over the world wide
web?
Many thanks in advance.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 25 Mar 2003 09:24 PST

I found a database that offers more than 3500 free city guides in 150
countries. You can switch from a list of countries and see a list of
cities within each one. To know what each guide offers would require
you to visit all 3500+, but in visiting some of them briefly, it
appears to be what you are looking for. Would you be interested in
this as an answer without regard to part two of your question?

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by shopping-ga on 25 Mar 2003 13:10 PST

Standard city guides is not what I am searching for, sorry. I
mentioned in point 1 city –SHOPPING- guides.
My question is strictly about consumers and shopping at retailers, not
about visiting a city for cultural purpose.
My question above mentions: “Could you name me a variety of websites
where I could prepare my upcoming shopping spree?” Point 1 and 2 are
my advice what info would lead to the answer of my question. Thanks
for your support.

As a traveler who loves shopping 'round he world, I'd love to know
about some shopping websites -- but in the meantime, can can recommend
two lines of books: the famous BORN TO SHOP guides by Suzy Gershman,
now published by Frommer.  (BORN TO SHOP LONDON, BORN TO SHOP PARIS,
BORN TO SHOP ITALY, etc. etc.)  And the WHERE TO WEAR guides,
published by Fairchild & Gallagher, which cover London, New York and
other cities.. I think there's also Paris, Milan, Rome, Tokyo &
Sydney.   Suzy's books often have info that's wrong or out of date,
but they're still pretty comprehensive and include more than clothes. 
The Where to Wear ones are more trendy.   Maybe they both have
websites.

Thank you for the book info. I am aware about literature but my
interests are online resources who are free. Important is that I am
not looking for just shopping guides for the main cities (New York,
London, Paris…) I want to have the ability to choose a country, lets
say Switzerland, and there I would like to see the city shopping
guides for: Bern as the main city but also for Freiburg, Geneva,
Lausanne, Luzern, Schaffahusen, Winterthur and Zurich. I don’t expect
to get in-depth information as in a books. Also what shops will I find
there beside fashion stores, what products, pricing, services… thank
you for your support.