Market stall

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For other uses of the term stall, see stall.

Sponges are sold at this roadside stall near Akti Bay in the island of Kalymnos, Greece.

A market stall is usually an immobile temporary structures erected by merchants to display and shelter their merchandise. Such stalls are easily erected, taken down or simply moved on wheels, to allow movement to a new market area.

Some commercial marketplaces, including market squares or flea markets, may erect (or allow merchants to erect) more permanent stalls. Stalls may also appear as display areas at fairs and conventions.

There are many types of stalls, from carts designed to be pulled by hand or cycles; makeshift structures like tents, or converted tow-caravans and motor vehicles.

Stalls are used throughout the world by vendors selling food. See street food for a description of common street food by region.