retail

Selling goods or merchandise from a fixed location or site for direct consumption is known as retail. Generally a retail shop buys merchandise in large lots from a wholesale distributor to stock the storefront and generate individual sales. Within the last five years a large number of traditionally 'brick and mortar' locations have moved their businesses onto the internet. Because of reduced operating costs, a potpourri of online stores (often referred to as 'etailing') in genres such as wedding favors, outdoor gear, health and insurance sales and many more topics have arrived. When people buy beds or other bulky items, this method may help cut back on wasteful shipping costs for merchanise that will likely never leave the storeroom floor.

Retail comes from the French for "cutting off, clip and divide" and was used to refer to tailoring. In pricing retail stores, generally there is a general markup considered appropriate for the goods and merchandise. Goods may also be priced by a suggested manufacturer’s retail price, which is the price the developer of the goods has set.

Retail blogs often include information for workers in the merchandising and retail display industries including store openings and examples of stand out displays and retail operators. The Retail Design Diva hosts one such blog site.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “retail”

• in Business
  Retail E-Commerce Surpasses $50 Billion in Q1 2013
  The figure represents a 13 percent increase from the same period last year.
  by mdumon / on May 12, 2013
• in Advertising
  Groupon and the Race for Your POS System
  In the very near future, the POS will represent the ultimate gateway for digital offers.
  by ebjosic / on Feb 12, 2013
• in Business
  Wal-Mart Named Top Mobile Retailer of 2012
  Thanks to new marketing strategies on mobile devices, Wal-Mart has been named by the National Retail Federation as the top mobile retailer of 2012.
  by hollymatheson / on Jan 2, 2013

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