Shopping hours
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Customs and regulations for shopping hours vary between countries and between cities.
A store displays a neon "OPEN" sign indicating it's open for business—a ubiquitous sight in U.S. storefronts.
A convenience store at a Vienna train station selling Reiseproviant (travel provisions), the usual code for expanded opening hours
This store in Groningen is closed for Christmas and New Year's Day.
A CVS/pharmacy in New York City that is open 24/7, but remains closed on Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day
Blue law
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Blue laws are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote th
Shopping hours
…States, the various levels of government generally do not regulate the hours of the vast majority of retailers (though there are exceptions, such as the blue law), and with the main exception being shops licensed to sell spirits and other alcoholic beverages (for shopping hours, see alcohol sale hours by state…
Sabbath Eve, painting by Alexander Johnston
Sunday laws in Ontario, 1911