I used to shop at a liquidator who's prices would drop daily, so at the beginning of the day a crowd would wait outside for the store to open, then it would flood the store with everyone looking for the most valuable products.

I found that if I went clockwise around the store, I could evaluate more products faster than if I went counterclockwise, because slightly more shoppers were going counterclockwise. This matches what the study found, but I'd describe it as most shoppers turning right, when given a choice to turn in either direction, then being forced to make only left turns, when running into corners.

I wonder if the clockwise to counterclockwise ratio differs in countries with left-hand drive. The study only mentions that the average is the same in any country.

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