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/

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Consumer and retail trade 1

Retail Industry

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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

Dorignac's Food Center

Source Dorignac's Food Center (Wikipedia)

Dutch Bros

Source Wikidata: Dutch Bros

EasyFoodstore

Source Wikipedia, EasyFoodstore

Econsave

Source Wikidata: Econsave

El Puerto de Liverpool

Source Wikipedia: El Puerto de Liverpool

Emart

Source Wikipedia: Emart

Empire Company Limited

Source Wikipedia, Empire Company

Eroski

Source Wikidata: Eroski

Eurospin

Source Wikipedia, Eurospin

Falabella S.A.

Source S.A.C.I. Falabella (Wikipedia)

Fanatics, Inc.

Source Wikipedia: Fanatics, Inc.

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

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

Fastenal Company

Source U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: SEC EDGAR filer record: Fastenal Company

FEMSA

Source FEMSA (Wikipedia)

Flemings (supermarkets)

Source Wikidata: Flemings (supermarkets)

Foot Locker, Inc.

Source Wikipedia: Foot Locker

Frasers Group plc

Source Wikidata: Frasers Group plc

Gap Inc.

Source Wikipedia: Gap Inc.

Grupo Elektra

Source Wikipedia: Grupo Elektra

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

Source Wikidata: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

H&M

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

Halfords Group plc

Source Wikidata: Halfords Group plc

Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society

Source Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (Wikipedia)

Harvey Norman

Source Wikipedia: Harvey Norman

Hayat Market

Source Wikipedia, Hayat Market

Heart of England Co-operative Society

Source Wikidata: Heart of England Co-operative Society

Hemköp

Source Wikidata: Hemkop

ICA Gruppen

Source Wikidata: ICA Gruppen

IKEA

Source Wikidata: IKEA

Inditex

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

J Sainsbury plc

Source Wikipedia: Sainsbury's

JB Hi-Fi

Source Wikipedia: JB Hi-Fi

JD Sports Fashion plc

Source Wikidata: JD Sports Fashion plc

Jeronimo Martins

Source Wikipedia: Jerónimo Martins

Kai Bo Food Supermarket

Source Wikidata: Kai Bo Food Supermarket

Kam Market

Source Kam Market (supermarket) (Wikipedia)

Kering SA

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

Kesko

Source Wikidata: Kesko

Kingfisher plc

Source Wikipedia: Kingfisher plc

KMD Brands

Source Wikipedia: KMD Brands

Kohl's Corporation

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

Konzum

Source Wikipedia: Konzum

Lidl

Source Wikidata: Lidl

Lincolnshire Co-operative

Source Wikidata: Lincolnshire Co-operative

Loblaw Companies Limited

Source Wikipedia: Loblaw Companies

Logista

Source Logista (Wikipedia)

L'Oreal

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

Lotte Mart

Source Wikipedia: Lotte Mart

Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd.

Source Lotte Shopping (Wikipedia)

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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

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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).