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Le magasin était fermé, du coup je n'ai rien acheté.

Le magasin était fermé, du coup je n'ai rien acheté.
The shop was closed, so I bought nothing.
From Lesson 202:Consequence connectors (c'est pourquoi, par conséquent)·French

Questions & Answers about Le magasin était fermé, du coup je n'ai rien acheté.

The lesson is about c'est pourquoi and par conséquent. Why does this sentence use du coup?
Du coup is a very common, slightly informal way to say "so" or "as a result" in everyday spoken French. It acts exactly like par conséquent or c'est pourquoi, but it is much more natural to use du coup in casual conversations.
Why do we use the imperfect tense for était but the passé composé for ai acheté?
This sentence perfectly shows how the two past tenses work together. The imperfect (était fermé) sets the background scene by describing a state. The passé composé (n'ai rien acheté) is the specific event or action that happened as a result.
Why does rien go before acheté instead of at the end of the sentence?
When using the passé composé, short negative words like rien (nothing) and jamais (never) are placed directly between the helping verb (ai) and the past participle (acheté). Putting it at the end (like je n'ai acheté rien) is grammatically incorrect in French.

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