Industry

Retail Industry

Also Known As Retail

Consumer Discretionary

The sale of goods and services directly to consumers, the final link in the supply chain from producers and wholesalers to individual buyers, spanning small family stores to massive chains and e-commerce platforms. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Sector

Consumer and retail trade 1

Retail Industry

8 entries

Origin Era

Companies Using This Model

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Associated With

Amazon-Whole Foods Acquisition

Anita Roddick

Anita Roddick founded The Body Shop in 1976, building it into a global cosmetics retail chain.

Circuit City Bankruptcy

Consignment

Consignment selling, where a store sells goods on behalf of an owner for a share of the proceeds, is a long-standing retail industry practice.

Employee ownership

Employee ownership is a well-established structure in the retail industry, where employee-owned chains hold significant market share in several countries.

General Line of Merchandise

A general line of merchandise, a retailer stocking a full assortment of unrelated product categories rather than specializing in one, describes the department and variety store structure long established in the retail industry.

Loss Leader Pricing

Loss-leader pricing is a retail pricing tactic by definition: a product priced to draw a shopper into a store or platform so that the same visit produces other, higher-margin sales.

Source Wikipedia, Loss Leader

Luiza Trajano

Luiza Trajano led Magazine Luiza's growth into one of Brazil's largest retail chains.

Luxury Goods Industry

Luxury goods reach consumers mainly through specialty and department store retail, placing the sector within the retail industry.

Source Wikipedia, Luxury Goods Industry

Marketing

Retail's own day-to-day operating decisions are organized through the retail marketing mix, marketing practice's own six-Ps framework applied directly to the store and the shelf.

Source Wikipedia, Retail

Rent-to-own

Rent-to-own, letting customers acquire goods through periodic payments with an eventual ownership option, is an established retail industry format for furniture, appliances and electronics.

Sam Walton

Sam Walton founded Walmart in 1962, building it into the world's largest corporation by revenue and largest private employer.

Sara Blakely

Sara Blakely founded the shapewear brand Spanx in 2000 and built it into a global retail apparel company.

Sears Holdings Bankruptcy

Source Wikipedia, Sears Holdings

Symbol Group

A symbol group, a voluntary trading association of independent convenience store owners operating under a shared brand and supply arrangement, is a distinct retail industry structure most established in the United Kingdom.

Textile Industry

Textile output feeds directly into apparel and home-goods retail, with the retail industry as a principal downstream customer.

Source Wikipedia, Textile Industry

Toys R Us Bankruptcy

Warehouse club

A warehouse club is a large-format subsector of the retail industry, selling membership access to bulk merchandise at close to wholesale prices to both individual shoppers and small businesses.

Wholesale

Wholesale is the intermediary tier that buys goods in bulk from manufacturers and resells them to the retail industry, letting retailers reach consumers without dealing with many individual manufacturers directly.

Companies In Industry

99 Speedmart

Source Wikidata: 99 Speedmart

Adidas AG

A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

Adlibris

Source Wikipedia, Adlibris

Aeon Co., Ltd.

Source Wikidata: Aeon Co., Ltd.

Ahold Delhaize

Source Wikidata: Ahold Delhaize

AJ's Fine Foods

Source AJ's Fine Foods (Wikipedia)

Akidai

Source Wikipedia, Akidai

Aldi

Source Wikipedia: Aldi

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

Source Alimentation Couche-Tard (Wikipedia)

Amazon

Source Wikipedia, Amazon (company)

Amplifon

Source Amplifon (Wikipedia)

Amway Corp

Amway sells consumer products directly to individual buyers through a network of independent distributors rather than through conventional retail stores, the direct-to-consumer channel closest to the sectors this atlas tracks.

Additional Source Wikipedia, Amway CorpLead section

ARB 4x4 Accessories

Source Wikidata: ARB 4x4 Accessories

Auchan

Source Wikidata: Auchan

AutoZone, Inc.

A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

Barbeques Galore

Source Wikipedia: Barbeques Galore

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

Source Wikipedia: Bath & Body Works, Inc.

BBQGuys

Source Wikipedia, BBQGuys

Best Buy Co., Inc.

A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

Big C

Source Wikipedia: Big C

Billa

Source Wikidata: Billa

Brooks Brothers

Source Wikipedia: Brooks Brothers

California Closets

Source Wikipedia: California Closets

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited

Source Wikipedia: Canadian Tire

CarMax, Inc.

Source Wikipedia, CarMax

Carrefour

Source Wikidata: Carrefour

Casey's General Stores, Inc.

Source Wikidata: Casey's General Stores, Inc.

Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A.

Source Wikidata: Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A.

CCC

Source Wikidata: CCC

CDW Corporation

Source U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: SEC EDGAR filer record: CDW Corporation

Central England Co-operative

Source Wikipedia, Central England Co-operative

Chedraui

Source Wikipedia: Chedraui

Circuit City

Source Wikipedia: Circuit City

Clarks

Source Wikidata: Clarks

Clicks Group Limited

Source Clicks (South Africa) (Wikipedia)

Coles Group Limited

Source Wikipedia, Coles Group

Colruyt Group

Source Wikidata: Colruyt Group

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA

A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

Contact Energy

Source Contact Energy (Wikipedia)

Co-op Kobe

Source Wikipedia: Co-op Kobe

Costco Wholesale Corporation

Source Wikidata: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Croydon Co-operative Society

Source Croydon Co-operative Society (Wikipedia)

Currys plc

Source Wikipedia: Currys plc

CVS Health Corporation

A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited

Source DFI Retail Group (Wikipedia)

Dino Polska

Source Dino Polska (Wikipedia)

Dollar General Corporation

A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

Dollar Tree, Inc.

Source Wikipedia: Dollar Tree

Dollarama Inc.

Source Wikipedia: Dollarama

Dominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Source Wikipedia: Dominion Stores (Newfoundland)

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Sources

1. Wikipedia, Retail

Wikipedia

lead section, sentence 2
Retailers are the final link in the supply chain from producers to consumers.
Etymology section
The word retail comes from the Old French verb retaillier, meaning "to shape by cutting" (c. 1365).
Associated With: Marketing, lead section, retail marketing mix
Day-to-day decisions are often described using the retail marketing mix, commonly summarized as six "Ps": product, place, promotion, price, personnel, and presentation (physical evidence).