Luggage is luggage because it is lugged. Wheeled or otherwise, luggage can be lugged.
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I was taught to head for a major train station if you wanted to buy something after hours (including on Sunday) in Europe. Flowers, chocolate, and other gifts were always possible there.
The grocery stores at train stations in Europe often have higher prices than grocery stores further away from the central train stations. But, yes, they indeed often do seem to have the latest evening hours of operation.
Originally Posted by
writerguyfl
Frankly, it never would have crossed my mind that anyone (store owner, store employees, other shoppers) would care.
The notion that luggage is somehow improves the likelihood of shoplifting seems comical. Shoplifters want to blend in. Taking an usual item like a rolling suitcase into a store would magnify attention, making it harder to steal.
As long as there's no sign that prohibits items like backpacks, I wouldn't hesitate to wheel around your bag. It's far less conducive to shoplifting than big purses, baggy coats, or baby strollers.
If you were perceived as an ethnic minority at grocery stores where the ethnic minority is perceived by locals as being a possible member of a poorer-than-average ethnic group, the "comical" isn't comical. It's downright offensive and real to the targets of the ridiculous flagging down as a "shoplifter".