Retailing, Different formats of Retailing...  

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I think most of the people are not aware of retailing and diferent formats of retailing. Even if they know it also they are not able to distinguish the retail business. I think this posting will help them to recognize the category of retail business.

Retailing :-
In simple, retailing details with the activities involved in selling commodities to consumers.
The word retail retail comes from the French word called "retaillier".

In common words, a retailer buys goods in large quantities from manufacturers, either directly or through a wholesalers, and then sells smaller quantities to the end-user. This overall process is called as Retailing

Different formats of Retailing :-

  1. Owner based retailing
  2. Store based retailing
  3. Non-Store based retailing

Owner based retailing :-

  • Independent stores :-
  • Chain stores :- like Food world, Shoppers shop etc
  • Consumer cooperatives :- like Ace Hardware
  • Lease departmental stores :- like starbucks
  • Franchise stores :- like Burger king, Mc Donald's.

Stored Based Retailing :-

  • WareHouse Store :- like Costco, BJ wholesale club
  • Supermarket :- like food world
  • Hypermarket :- like Auchan
  • Combined stores :- like Wal green
  • Factory Outlets :- like Nine west outlets, Westportal ltd
  • Off-Price retailers :- like Burlington Coat
  • Traditional departmental stores:- like Zara
  • Speciality stores :- like Pep boys
  • Super center :- like Target, Kmart

Non-Store based retailing :-

  • Direct Retailing :-like Eureka Forbes
  • Vending machines :- like Nescafe, pepsi
  • Web based retailing :- like Amazon, E-bay
  • Tele Shopping :- like Value Vision
  • Home Shopping :- like Home shopping Network
  • Catalogues :- like Dell computers



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1 comments

gr8 job atleast ppl can have idea which different kind of retail and other marketing concept are available if they want to deal in that they first get detail on base of ur article.nice and thanx for making ppl like us who has no idea even .

January 10, 2009 at 3:19 PM

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