Ответ:

a) The shabbiness of shop-window displays sometimes surprises visitors from northern European countries, even in prosperous areas.

b) On the other hand, the variety of shops strikes visitors.

c) Conventional ideas about what a particular shop does and doesn't sell are not followed by independent shop-owners.

d) Therefore, weight of their packets and tins is also recorded in pounds and ounces.

e) They measure shoe and closing sizes on different scales in Britain.