retail store
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- noun
- /ˈriːteɪl stɔːr/
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tienda minorista
- ECHOstore Sustainable Lifestyle is the first green retail store in the Philippines.
- a chain retail store
- a large retail store
- local retail stores
So they owned retail stores back then.
- So they owned retail stores back then.
- I'm thinking about this because I was recently in a retail store and I saw a girl using this T-shirt folder.
- Mint Mobile's secret sauce is that they're the first company to sell wireless service online only by cutting out retail stores.
- And then they went to find a replacement and they brought in a person who had all of their experience at retail stores, at convenience stores.
- I worked for a woman's lingerie manufacturer at one point and it took them weeks to get the product from Asia where they sourced it to their retail stores.
- After he died, people laid flowers at a retail store to mourn the loss.
- Like you've grown a lot in both at your retail store in the last couple years, right?
- I just bought a computer from the insert retail store here and it's not turning on.
Examples
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Let's just say you get a job at one of your favorite retail stores that sells furniture and is in the design business.
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So I grew up in a retail store stocking shelves, ringing up customers.
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So this will be our retail store in this area.
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So they owned retail stores back then.
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American retailers have permission to enter the market, but are limited to a single retail store per city.
Academic text (2000) -
We offer you an opportunity to work with retail stores and consumers in your own area.
Blog text (11) -
The company sells coffee online, at retail stores, coffee shops, and directly to businesses.
Blog text (3) -
You can find our books in the Village retail store in Ponce City Market.
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We bought our product from a distributor, then sold it again in a retail store.
Academic text (1998) -
You can find our books in the Village retail store in Ponce City Market.
Synonyms
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A shop where people buy goods like food or clothes
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A place where people buy things and pay for services
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A shop that sells brand-name items at lower prices
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A shop or store that sells things to people
A shop that sells goods to people
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop selling directly to consumers' is transparently derived from combining 'retail' (selling to end consumers) with 'store' (a shop). This noun–noun compounding follows a regular, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Retail store comes from an old idea of selling goods in small pieces instead of in large amounts. Imagine a shopkeeper selling single items to each customer; retail and store together mean a shop that sells goods directly to people in small quantities, so it now means a place for everyday shoppers.