Many of the shops in the pictures here here will no longer exist - in some cases, the goods they sold will no longer be things people buy.
But it’s fascinating to look back and see what shops there were 60 years ago.
Scroll through these old photographs selected from the Evening News archive and get a flavour of what it was like going to the shops in the Edinburgh of the 1960s.
9. Menswear boutique
Myra Welsh, shop assistant at an unidentified menswear boutique in Rose Street Edinburgh in October 1968. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait
10. Abbott of Greyfriars
Edinburgh jewellers Abbott of Greyfriars on George IV Bridge in February 1966. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
11. Choosing a ring
Interior of Edinburgh jewellers shop Abbott of Greyfriars, George VI Bridge, in February 1966. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
12. British Home Stores
Edinburgh Lord Provost Herbert Brechin unveils the plaque as he officially opens the new British Home Stores shop in Princes Street Edinburgh, November 1968. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell