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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Sector

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

LPP

Source Wikidata: LPP

LuLu Group International

Source Wikipedia: LuLu Group International

lululemon athletica inc.

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

LVMH

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

Magazine Luiza

Source Wikidata: Magazine Luiza

Magnit PJSC

Source Magnit (Wikipedia)

Marks and Spencer plc

Source Wikidata: Marks and Spencer plc

Maxima Group

Source Wikipedia: Maxima Group

Metro AG

Source Wikidata: Metro AG

Midcounties Co-operative

Source Wikidata: Midcounties Co-operative

Migros

Source Wikipedia: Migros

Minor International

Source Wikipedia: Minor International

Mr Price Group Limited

Source Mr Price Group (Wikipedia)

Naivas

Source Wikidata: Naivas

NAPA Auto Parts

Source Wikipedia: NAPA Auto Parts

Netto Marken-Discount

Source Wikidata: Netto Marken-Discount

Next plc

Source Wikipedia: Next plc

Noodles & Company

Source Wikidata: Noodles & Company

Ocado Group plc

Source Ocado (Wikipedia)

Orange Slovensko

Source Wikipedia: Orange Slovensko

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

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

Otto Group

Source Wikipedia: Otto Group

Pandora A/S

Source Pandora (jewelry) (Wikipedia)

Paper Plus Group

Source Wikipedia: Paper Plus Group

Patagonia, Inc.

Source Wikidata: Patagonia, Inc.

Penrith Co-operative Society

Source Wikidata: Penrith Co-operative Society

Pepco

Source Wikidata: Pepco

Pryke & Palmer

Source Wikipedia, Pryke & Palmer

Radstock Co-operative Society

Source Wikidata: Radstock Co-operative Society

Ralph Lauren Corporation

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

REI

Source Wikidata: REI

Reliance Retail Limited

Source Wikipedia: Reliance Retail

Ross Stores, Inc.

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

Saizeriya

Source Wikipedia: Saizeriya

Sears Holdings Corporation

Source Wikipedia, Sears Holdings

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

Source Wikidata: Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

Shein

Source Wikipedia: Shein

Shepley Co-operative Society

Source Wikidata: Shepley Co-operative Society

Shoprite Holdings Limited

Source Shoprite Holdings (Wikipedia)

Sonae

Source Sonae (Wikipedia)

SPAR (retailer)

Source Wikipedia: Spar (retailer)

Spetstechnoexport

Source Wikidata: Spetstechnoexport

Supermercados Peruanos

Source Wikidata: Supermercados Peruanos

Sushiro

Source Wikipedia: Sushiro

Tandy Corporation

Source Wikipedia: Tandy Corporation

Tapestry, Inc.

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

Target Corporation

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

Tesco plc

Source Wikipedia, Tesco

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

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

The Gillette Company

Gillette manufactures personal care and grooming products rather than operating stores; Retail Industry is the closest sector category this atlas currently tracks for a consumer products manufacturer.

Additional Source Wikipedia, The Gillette CompanyLead section

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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).