Here are some random retail-related observations from a day wandering around Paris.
Pharmacies are everywhere and well branded.
Starbucks is almost non-existent.
McDonalds is almost non-existent.
I don’t think the French send greeting cards – I could not find one card shop and I sure covered some ground.
Stationery is also hard to find – I saw two bookshops with reasonable ranges.
Shops are closed on Sunday. So much for us thinking the world will come to an end of we don’t open on Sundays.