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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
MasterCard and Visa battle it out with retailers in world war fees
The credit card giants may get a spanking from the regulator, but it is consumers who are set to be the real losersAre MasterCard and Visa ripping us off every time we make a payment using a debit or credit card? In a class action that makes the battle fought by Erin Brockovich look like peanuts, American retailers last year secured a giant $7.25bn payout from payment processors and card issuers after a bitterly-fought legal tussle. Europe is...from: The Guardian Retail News Feed
More Breaking Retail News News
This afternoon WWD News Feed notes; "The Hamptons Summer Retail Scene" and NSA Media via Marketwire announced that "NSA Media and Wishabi Form a Strategic Alliance to Bring Integrated Print and Digital Circular Strategies to Retailers ". Earlier today, "Western and Work Wear Retailer Boot Barn(R) Acquires, Rebrands, Restocks and Refreshes Store in Valdosta, GA " wrote Boot Barn via Marketwire
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