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Retail is the sale of goods and services from individuals or businesses to the end-user. Retailers are part of an integrated system called the supply chain. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers or directly through a wholesaler, and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer for a profit. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations or online. Retailing includes subordinated services, such as delivery. The term "retailer" is also applied where a service provider services the needs of a large number of individuals, such as a public utility, like electric power.

Shops may be on residential streets, streets with few or no houses or in a shopping mall. Shopping streets may be for pedestrians only. Sometimes a shopping street has a partial or full roof to protect customers from precipitation. Online retailing, a type of electronic commerce used for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions and mail order, are forms of non-shop retailing.

Shopping generally refers to the act of buying products. Sometimes this is done to obtain necessities such as food and clothing; sometimes it is done as a recreational activity. Recreational shopping often involves window shopping (just looking, not buying) and browsing and does not always result in a purchase.

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Breaking Retail News News
Bon-Ton Chooses PeopleAnswers to Help Improve Retail Sales

PeopleAnswers today announced a five-year software licensing agreement for The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. to use the PeopleAnswers HR-focused business solution to improve its in-store employee sales performance while lowering employee turnover. “Today’s challenging retail market is growing more competitive with shrinking margins that require us to focus on improving our sales productivity and per...
from: PeopleAnswers via Businesswire

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This afternoon National Retail Properties, Inc. via PR Newswire notes; "National Retail Properties, Inc. Announces Offering Of Depositary Shares Representing Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock" and Ascena Retail Group, Inc. via Businesswire announced that "Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2013 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call on Wednesday, June 5, 2013". Earlier today, "Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF, First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund and SPDR S&P Retail ETF" wrote Zacks Investment Research, Inc. via PR Newswire

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