{{norefs, date=October 2011 A shopping concierge provides either personal assistance in

shopping Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A Retail#Shopper profiles, typology of shopper types ha ...

in a particular area, usually a

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shopping spot, or sometimes associated with pre-order shopping service. Shopping concierge service has grown as shoppers face difficulties shopping internationally. Merchants or stores that do not support

international shipping Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been ext ...

usually become the source of shopping concierge business, while shoppers in countries where big brands and stores are not available become their

target market A target market, also known as serviceable obtainable market (SOM), is a group of customers within a business's serviceable available market at which a business aims its marketing efforts and resources. A target market is a subset of the total ma ...

. Shopping concierges usually charge by time (hours or daily) or as a percentage or fixed price per shopping transaction.

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