Abstract
This present paper reports a case study of the street trading in the central area of Iguatemi and Lima e Silva Avenue, Salvador – State of Bahia. While traversing the streets, it was possible to notice the diversity that this activity presents, the variety of goods, clothing, electronics, food products and those that are meant to meet a need momentary. The authors seek to understand the course that this diversity of goods conducts, from production to consumption, for this, the ‘foreign’ goods and clothes were analyzed in an attempt to track the entire way traced by those goods. Thus, a comprehension about possible networks formed behind the street trading were developed, in other words, the supply networks of this trade.
Key words:
Networks; Street trading; Goods; Circulation-distribution-consuption