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Retail

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 from or through a wholesaler, and then sells in smaller quantities to consumers for a profit. Retailers are the final link in the supply…

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Etymology

Retail practices and operations

Types of retail formats

Retail industry

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Retail

Nodes107
Edges106
Triples230
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018692
Components1

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Retail

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related to Further reading · 105
Retail → Adburgham, Advances, Agenda, America, An Inside Look, Association, Basis, Brian Jones, Brief History, British Retail History, Call, Century, Changing Perspectives, Conservation, Consumer Research, Consumption, Cultures, Current, Discussion, EBSCOhost
related to history · 19
Retail → Archaeological, As, Asia Minor, BCE, Bengtsson, CE, China, Chinese, Eckhart, From, Greece, In, July, Research, Rome, Selling, Song, The Roman, Turkey
related to Pricing · 18
Retail → Add-on, All, Broadly, Contrary, Cross-sell, EFTPOS, Electronic Funds Transfer, In, Josiah Wedgwood, Point-of-Sale, Pricing, Retailers, Selling, Tactical, The, Two, Upsell, When
related to Types of retail formats · 12
Retail → At, Considerable, Europe, Grocery, In, In Britain, Many, Retailers, Soft, Softline, Specialist, The European Service Directive
related to Etymology · 10
Retail → At, Dutch, English, French, German, It, Middle French, Old French, Spanish, The
related to Retail marketing · 8
Retail → Personnel, Presentation, Ps, Retail Format, Several, The, These, Yet
has impact · 7
Retail → However, Internet, It, Retailers, The, Things, When
related to External links · 7
Retail → ECR CommunityInvestopedia, ECRoPEDIA, Federation, Free Global Collection, Retail/FMCG Best, The Industry Handbook, The Retailing IndustryNational Retail
related to Legal definition and explanation · 7
Retail → Although, Different, For, In, Retailing, Some, While
related to Retail procurement · 4
Retail → Obtaining, On, Strategic, The

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shopping retailers consumers marketing customer goods stores store market also sales customers many strategy decisions product services century service retailing

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Retailis asale of goods and services to consumers0.90text
poor after-sales service qualityinstance oftransactional marketing leads to follow-up issues0.80text
a lack of feedback channels for both partiesinstance oftransactional marketing leads to follow-up issues0.80text
aromasinstance ofThe store environment consists of many elements0.80text
the physical environmentinstance ofThe store environment consists of many elements0.80text
detergentsinstance ofalong with convenience stores carry a mix of food products and consumable household items0.80text
cleansersinstance ofalong with convenience stores carry a mix of food products and consumable household items0.80text
personal hygiene productsinstance ofalong with convenience stores carry a mix of food products and consumable household items0.80text
the artsinstance ofSpecialist retailers operate in many industries0.80text
e.g. green grocersinstance ofSpecialist retailers operate in many industries0.80text
contemporary art galleriesinstance ofSpecialist retailers operate in many industries0.80text
bookstoresinstance ofSpecialist retailers operate in many industries0.80text

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