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A grocery and cosmetics store in Tangier, Morocco. Retailis the sale of goodsand servicesto consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailerpurchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells in smaller quantities to consumers for a profit.
Retail format. The retail format (also known as the retail formula) influences the consumer's store choice and addresses the consumer's expectations. At its most basic level, a retail format is a simple marketplace, that is; a location where goods and services are exchanged. In some parts of the world, the retail sector is still dominated by ...
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle of the 19th century, and permanently reshaped shopping habits, and the definition ...
Dry goods is a historic term describing the type of product line a store carries, which differs by region. The term comes from the textile trade, and the shops appear to have spread with the mercantile trade across the British Empire (and former British territories ) as a means of bringing supplies and manufactured goods to far-flung ...
A grocery store ( AE ), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery [1] is a foodservice retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [2] which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, [3] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
Chain store. A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate many retail markets, dining markets, and service categories in many parts of the world. A franchise retail establishment is one form of a chain store.
An art gallery in Seattle's International District preserves the façade and some features of Higo Variety Store, an independent Japanese-American five and ten. A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, auto parts, dry goods, toys, hardware ...
Interior of a Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store A typical bodega in New York City. A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store, corner shop, or superette is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as tea, coffee, groceries, fruits, vegetables, snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs ...