I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a retail chain (= one whose business is buying and selling goods )
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Large retail chains usually want to expand and build more stores.
a retail/commercial complex (= for shops, businesses, or industries )
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a ten-screen movie theater and retail complex
in the building/retail etc line
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She’s keen to do something in the fashion line.
retail outlets
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Benetton has retail outlets in every major European city.
retail park
retail price index
retail sales (= sales of things to the public in shops )
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The volume of retail sales was 0.3 percent higher than in the previous quarter.
retail therapy
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What you need is a bit of retail therapy!
the retail price (= the price that the public pays for something in a shop )
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Tax is 40% of the retail price of a typical bottle of wine.
the retail trade (= businesses which sell goods in shops to customers )
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Advertising encourages the retail trade to stock and display the product.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the retail price index
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I've worked in retail for two years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Demolition would pave the way for a major retail and leisure complex masterplan, devised by Damond Lock Grabowski.
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I worked in retail for two years.
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Last month, it reported a Pounds 15.6m retail trading loss for the first half.
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The retail element is highly fragmented and therefore, historically, mail-order has been an important purchasing element.
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The fastest job growth until 2002: Cashiers, janitors, retail salespeople, waiters, waitresses, nurses, systems analysts.
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The firm has bagged a £26 million retail and residential deal in Manchester for Prudential.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And when online retailing finally ignites, say online analysts, it will go off like a rocket.
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Opportunities exist in most areas of niche retailing, from childrens' toys to office stationery.
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The defective cranks tend to be on imported bikes that retail in the $ 400 to $ 650 range.
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The magazine retails at 8O pence, but is free to all Spend & Save cardholders.
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They retail at £1.55 for 12 and are available in most branches.
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They retailed around £38-£45, depending on the model, and for sound kicked the shit out of my Levin.
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When I was a kid, the religious calendar and the retailing cycle dictated our bi-annual trips in town.
III. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We bought it retail .