Despite the rapid growth of online shopping, some consumers still prefer the so-called “real shopping experience”. Having the ability to physically choose, meticulously check out what item or product is like, would look like and what its features are. It is said that shopping is not only about going through the motion and making the purchase. It is the shopping process itself.
Lian means “sense of shame in relation to social standards of morality and behavior”, while mianzi means “status, prestige, social position”. A person may have mianzi and yet have no lian. Lian reflects the legitimacy that an individual has within a given society.