retail

(noun)

The sale of goods directly to the consumer; encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them, which are involved in the business of selling and point-of-sale marketing retail goods to the public.

Related Terms

Examples of retail in the following topics:

  • Overview of Merchandising Operations

    • Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer.
    • In the broadest sense, merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer.
    • While this used to be done exclusively by the stores' employees, many retailers have made substantial savings by requiring it to be done by the manufacturer, vendor, or wholesaler that provides the products to the retail store.
    • Through this approach, retail stores have been able to substantially reduce the number of employees needed to run the store.
    • Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer.

  • Defining the Cash Flow Cycle

    • Although the term "cash conversion cycle" technically applies to a firm in any industry, the equation is formulated to apply specifically to a retailer.

  • Market Actors

    • Market actors include individual retail investors, mutual funds, banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, and corporations.
    • Specifically, market actors include individual retail investors, institutional investors such as mutual funds, banks, insurance companies and hedge funds, and also publicly traded corporations trading in their own shares.
    • Some studies have suggested that institutional investors and corporations trading in their own shares generally receive higher risk-adjusted returns than retail investors .

  • Foreign Exchange Rates

    • Foreign exchange market has retail and wholesale markets.
    • Retail market is a small market, where agents buy and sell foreign currencies, usually at booths at shopping malls, airports, and train and bus stations.
    • Retailers display two exchange rates: Selling and buying price.
    • Retailer always sells currency for a higher price than the buying price.
    • Hence, the price spread reflects the retailers' commission.

  • Dividend Payments and Earnings Retention

    • Dividends are usually paid in the form of cash, store credits (common among retail consumers' cooperatives), or shares in the company (either newly created shares or existing shares bought in the market).

  • Drivers of Market Interest Rates

    • There is a market for investments which ultimately includes the money market, bond market, stock market, and currency market as well as retail financial institutions like banks.

  • Total Assets Turnover Ratio

    • Companies in the retail industry tend to have a very high turnover ratio due mainly to cut-throat and competitive pricing.

  • Impacts of Forecasting on a Business

    • Accurate forecasting will help retailers reduce excess inventory and therefore increase the profit margin.

  • Dividend Yield Ratio

    • Some investors may find a higher dividend yield attractive, for instance, as an aid to marketing a fund to retail investors, or maybe because they cannot get their hands on the capital, which may be tied up in a trust arrangement.

  • The Discount Rate

    • That means that even if everything else is constant, a $100 item will retail for more than $100 in the future.