The store architecture, layout, lighting, color scheme, temperature, access, noise, assortment, prices, special events, etc., that serve as stimuli and attention attractors of consumers to a retail store.

(n) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

interference in reception of radio communications caused by natural phenomena such as lightning or sunspots; as in: ìAtmospherics are so bad I canít understand his transmission.î

interference in reception of radio communications caused by natural phenomena such as lightning or sunspots; as in: "Atmospherics are so bad I can't understand his transmission."

Disturbing effects produced in radio receiving apparatus by atmospheric electrical phenomena such as an electrical storm. Static.

Also known as ”sferics,” transient radio waves produced by naturally occurring electric discharges (e.g., lightning) in the Earth’s atmosphere. definition courtesy of: NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

See Atmosphere.