Retail AU

Tropes and genres
See also	Mundane AU, Coffee Shop AU, Flower Shop AU, Flower Shop and Tattoo Parlor AU, Tattoo Parlor AU, Alternate Universe
Related articles on Fanlore.

Retail AU is a type of alternate universe in which characters work at or own retail stores or malls.

Features

They are typically Mundane AUs.

Retail covers a broad variety of stores; clothing stores and food stores/restaurants are very common (though restaurants may be considered more in the grouping of Coffeeshop AUs

Examples

• Would You Like To Try This, ^{Archived version} by SputnikCentury (MDZS fanfic published in 2020)
• Chapter 7: Mall Goths and Other Undead Creatures and sequel, ^{Archived version} by polynya (Bleach fanfic published 2020-2021)
• "Y/N.... do you want to gaslight our manager by drinking all the baja blast out of the fountain while I, DIO, stop time, so they think they didn't refill it", ^{Archived version} by spageddy and britnxyspears (JJBA, and other fandoms, tumblr post 2021) --this one is also a joke/commentary on Readerfic

Links

• Alternate Universe - Retail tag on AO3