Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. Used to contrast an internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure
E-commerce is not the kiss of death for big, traditional brick-and-mortar business. - Judy Kong (2000), in a report on the ICE Conference. Retrieved 2005-03-05.
Physical assets such as factories, stores and offices that generate revenues Often used as shorthand for "old economy" companies and industries
Flip side of clicks and mortar Old economy versus new economy Industrial economy versus information economy
refers to a company with real assets, such as buildings, which are made out of bricks and mortar Often refers to "old economy" companies with factories and shops Contrasts with Clicks and mortar and Bricks and clicks, which are old economy companies with an internet presence
(Ticaret) Organizations with physical (vs. Internet-only) production or logistics facilities and operations
Slang referring to businesses that exist in the real world, as opposed to just the cyber world Examples include bricks-and-mortar retail outlets, bricks-and-mortar warehouses, and bricks-and-mortar law firms
{i} building material comprising of bricks laid with mortar; company that has physical plant and facilities for running its business in the sale of retail merchandise to the public; business site that has a physical business or retail premises in the real world (as opposed to only a virtual site on the Internet)
Organizations with physical (vs Internet-only) production or logistics facilities and operations