Does anyone know why shopping malls/stores close early on the weekend?

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Stores closing early on the weekends stems from religious traditions The tendency of stores closing early on the weekends is changing. I remember when everything was closed altogether on Sundays. Here's some more historical info on the subject:The weekend is a part of the week lasting one or two days in which most paid workers do not work.

This is a time for leisure and recreation, and/or for religious activities. It is also a method of regaining sleep lost on homework. The notion of a weekly rest is ancient.

The Jewish Sabbath, known as Shabbat, is from sunset Friday to nighttime on Saturday; the Muslim Sabbath is on Friday. The weekend as a time of leisure is a rather modern invention. Before the industrial revolution the wage labour force was a minuscule fraction of the population.

The day of the Sabbath was viewed as one dedicated to God, not one of relaxation, and strict prohibitions on permissible activities were enacted. The French Revolutionary Calendar allowed decadi, one out of ten days, as a leisure day. The early industrial period in Europe saw a six-day work week with only Sunday off, but some workers had no days off at all.

Only the labour and workers rights movements and campaigns by trade unionists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a five day work week introduced as Saturday became a day of rest and relaxation. This movement began in England. In several languages, the word for weekend is an adaptation of weekend or the term "English week" is used for the five-days work week.

Economic impactIn many ways this has been a great boon to the economy as it led to a great increase in consumer spending on Saturdays as a restaurant visit, motorcar journeys, or a trip to the movies became standard Saturday fare. Many jurisdictions continued to enforce strict Lord's Day laws on Sunday which meant that most recreations, such as stores and theatres, were forced to close on that day. These regulations began to weaken in the years after the Second World War and Sunday also became a day of recreation for many.In recent years the weekend has begun to fade in importance.

While most people work a five day work week, when the hardware costs outweigh human costs, the competitiveness of the modern economy means that leaving a factory idle for two days or an office unmanned is of too great expense. Thus many workers regularly work on weekends. Since this is seen as a greater burden most employers pay extra for weekend work, either by agreement or by legislation, or else give time off midweek.

There is still great variability in many areas between the workweek and weekend. Stores that are reliant on office workers will see far less business on a weekend, while those in the suburbs or in residential areas will see far more. Since weekends are days where people can safely sleep in and also not have to worry as much about the ill effects of a hangover, Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest for bars, restaurants, clubs, and cinemas.

There is substantially less activity on many websites on weekends. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend .

Fewer customers They do things (including setting the hours) to maximize profit. They have apparently found that being open longer on those days doesn’t make them any more money.

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