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Brick and mortar

Brick and mortar (more commonly Bricks and mortar in British English, sometimes B&M in American English) is an organization or business with a physical presence in a building or other structure. The term brick-and-mortar business is often used to refer to a company that possesses or leases retail shops, factory production facilities, or warehouses for…

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Brick and mortar

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples9
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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business online physical businesses products costs presence shopping customers services consumers brick-and-mortar retail fixed stores used shops operations company facilities

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
video rental storesinstance ofM businesses0.80text
Blockbuster LLC went out of businessinstance oftraditional DVD rental stores0.80text
tablet computersinstance ofSales through mobile devices0.80text
smartphones have also risen in the 2000sinstance ofSales through mobile devices0.80text
a security alarminstance ofFixed costs are payments that a business has to make for elements such as rent of a store and monthly payments for services0.80text
free espressoinstance ofSome high-end hair salons and luxury car stores even offer conveniences0.80text
bottled waterinstance ofSome high-end hair salons and luxury car stores even offer conveniences0.80text
all of which add to the overhead of selling these productsinstance ofSome high-end hair salons and luxury car stores even offer conveniences0.80text
servicesinstance ofSome high-end hair salons and luxury car stores even offer conveniences0.80text

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