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Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells in smaller quantities to consumers for a profit.
It is a generic term describing retailing taking place outside of shops and stores (that is, off the premises of fixed retail locations and of markets stands). The non-store distribution channel can be divided into direct selling (off-premises sales) and distance selling, the latter including all forms of electronic commerce .
Individual department store buildings or complexes of buildings. Does not include shopping centers (e.g. GUM in Moscow, Intime "Department Stores" in China) where most space is leased out to other retailers, big-box category killer stores (e.g. Best Buy, Decathlon), hypermarkets, discount stores (e.g. Walmart, Carrefour), markets, or souqs.
The UK government does not define "grocery (shop)" or "supermarket" nor a distinction between them, but defines the types of store formats (whether they sell groceries, or otherwise): [6] "One-stop shops" as over 1,400 square metres (15,000 square feet) "Mid-range stores": between 280 and 1,400 square metres (3,000 and 15,000 square feet), and
Interior of a Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store (2014) A typical bodega in New York City (2019). A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store, corner shop, superette or mini-mart is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as convenience food, groceries, beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and ...
Thanks to stores like H&M, Old Navy and Forever 21 that offer mass-produced clothing at dirt-cheap prices, we are living in an age of disposable fashion. And with the constant turnover of goods at ...
If you've been shopping in a big box retail store you've probably heard an announcement on the loudspeaker such as, "code yellow toys, code yellow toys." This "code" is one of many innocuous ...
This holiday season has shown itself to be the most vicious yet between retailers. Most have opened up for days on end leading up to the biggest holidays of the year in order to capture as much ...