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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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Empty shops hit record high, retail study shows

One in eight shops lay vacant in April, according to the British Retail Consortium, the highest since July 2011The number of empty shops on Britain's high streets and malls has hit a record high on the back of a struggling economy and changing shopping habits, industry data released on Monday showed.Across the UK almost one in eight shops lay vacant in April 2013, according to the British Retail Consortium, the highest since it began collecting s...
from: The Guardian Retail News Feed

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This morning The Guardian Retail News Feed notes; "Newport fails to curb retail exodus as big names pack up shop" and New York Times announced that "H&M Led Labor Breakthrough by European Retailers". Earlier today, "Western and Work Wear Retailer Boot Barn(R) Rebrands, Restocks and Refreshes Four Florida Locations " wrote Boot Barn via Marketwire

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