retailing

Definition of retailing in English English dictionary: Businesses and individuals engaged in the activity of selling products to final consumers; Retailing is the activity of selling goods direct to the public, usually in small quantities. Compare wholesaling. She spent fourteen years in retailing. the business of selling goods to customers in shops. Selling of merchandise directly to the consumer. Retailing began several thousand years ago with peddlers hawking their wares at the earliest marketplaces. It is extremely competitive, and the failure rate of retail establishments is relatively high. Price is the most important arena of competition, but other factors include convenience of location, selection and display of merchandise, attractiveness of the establishment, and reputation. The diversity of retailing is evident in the many forms it now takes, including vending machines, door-to-door and telephone sales, direct-mail marketing, the Internet, discount houses, specialty stores, department stores, supermarkets, and consumer cooperatives; All transactions in which the buyer intends to consume the product through personal, family or household use p 417; Refers to any individual or organisation that sells its goods or services directly to final consumers for their personal, non-business use; present participle of retail; The process of selling goods directly to the consumer, which can be via shops, markets, door-to-door selling, mail order, or over the Internet; all of the activities involved in the sale of products; the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers; All the activities involved in selling goods and services to the ultimate consumer; Annual receipts may not exceed $5 0 to $21 0 million, depending on the particular product being provided; All activities involved in selling goods or services directly to the final consumers; All activities involved in selling goods or services directly to final consumers for their personal, nonbusiness use
retail: To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers
a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing.
retail: To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others
retail: Of, or relating to the sale of goods directly to the customer
retail: The sale of goods directly to the consumer; encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them, which are involved in the business of selling and point-of-sale marketing retail goods to the public
She works in retail.
retail: Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal
I never pay retail for clothes.
retail: {v} to divide or sell out in small parcels
retail: {n} a sale by small quantities or pieces
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.: {i} Japanese corporation headquartered in Yamaguchi (Japan), manufacturer and operator of a chain of stores specializing in in-house brand casual clothing (for children, women and men), operates stores under the name "Uniqlo
retail: {f} sell goods to final consumers, sell to end users; retell, repeat information
retail: Individual and institutional customers as opposed to dealers and brokers
retail: Merchants selling tangible goods in a face-to-face environment who normally use conventional terminals and swipe transactions
retail: Small size orders, normally associated with private client business
retail: Price set for items sold to the general public The last mark-up in the cost to bring an item to a particular consumer store Please note, many items will have a suggested retail price set by a manufacturer This price does in no way constitute a products' value as "suggested retail prices" are often overlooked by retailers and priced according to market and/or trends
retail: The Calnique™ Custom Calendar at a cost of $34 00
retail: selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; "retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price"
retail: sell on the retail market
retail: $199 99
retail: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
retail: Legitimate institutional or individual investors as opposed to dealers and broker traders
retail: Retail brokerage business usually from individual traders calling their brokers
retail: In Retail Sales (formerly cash and carry sales), prices are marked before the store is open, and the customers pick what they want, pay and leave
retail: The sale of goods to individuals instead of to institutions or other stores (Compare with wholesale )
retail: the selling of products, usually in a shop
retail: Selling directly to the consumer
retail: {i} sale of products to final consumers, sale of goods to end users
retail: (mercantile): a building or structure for the display and sale (wholesale or retail) of merchandise such as shopping malls, food markets, auto dealerships, department stores, and specialty shops
retail: Retail is the activity of selling goods direct to the public, usually in small quantities. Compare wholesale. retail stores Retail sales grew just 3.8 percent last year
retail: Sales covering electrical energy supplied for residential, commercial, and industrial end-use purposes Other small classes, such as agriculture and street lighting, also are included in this category
retail: selling goods to the end consumer in small quantities
retail: at a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only"
retail: If an item in a shop retails at or for a particular price, it is on sale at that price. It originally retailed at £23.50. see also retailing = sell. the sale of goods in shops to customers, for their own use and not for selling to anyone else wholesale the retail trade/business
retail: {s} pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers, of the sale of merchandise to end users
retail: be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
retail: If something is sold retail, it is sold in ordinary shops direct to the public
retail: to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries
retail: In retail quantities, or at retail prices
retail: The sale of books at full price directly to the public
retail: Sales of electric energy to ultimate customers
retail: The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand
retail: at a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only
retail: - Sales covering electrical energy supplied to residential, commercial and industrial end-use purposes
retail: - Autos used to pick up or deliver property to individual households This class applies mostly to stores selling products to individuals and delivering to their homes Appliance dealers, newspaper delivery, furniture stores, electronics, etc
retail: The sale of goods directly to the consumer
retail: To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander
retail: sale of goods and services to a consumer
retail: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale sell on the retail market be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
retail: Trade in which a client buys or sells an over-the-counter stock through a broker-dealer (See "Wholesale")
retail: To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc
retail: As opposed to wholesale, retail concerns the direct traffic routing between a carrier and the end user
retail: The price for which a vehicle sells to the general public You may hear the expression, "That car retails for $19,995 " This usually refers to the list price of the vehicle
retail: Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer
retail: To sell at second hand