Retail meaning in English
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Definition
retail (sales): commerce, small-scale sales, (sales) to end customers
retail trade selling products directly to the final customer
to retail (at): to be sold (at); to cost, to have the commercial price (of)
This bracelet retails at $4,000.
retailer: seller, someone who sells to the general public
The retailers are angry with us because we forgot to send them the new stock.
Pronunciation examples
UK: I would rather die than work in retail.
US: This cologne retails at 900 dollars per bottle.
Examples
- "We're one of the world's leading perfume online retailers."
- "Some of my retail reports are quite worrying."
- "Category Retailer"
- "It has recently come to Bruno's attention that you fired Karen Hughes, a retail manager who came to you in order to offer you her resignation."
- "I have an announcement to make, one which I hope will change the face of retail forever!"
- "This should be a great time to be in the retail business."
- "Head of retail operations"
- "Do you work in retail?"
- "I never thought I would leave the Delavigne Corporation and I have sincerely appreciated my time with the company in general and on the retail team in particular."
- "So, I wanted to talk to you about Christmas retail sales."
- "Hannah Benedict, you're employed as Head of Retail here at Delavigne."
- "The head of retail."
- "Drop in spending threatens gloomy Christmas for retailers"
- "Please go to Horatio's laboratory at 6pm where you will be joined by fellow "volunteers", Hannah Benedict (Head of Retail) and Edward Moon (British intern)."
- "I remind you that Warbuckle's Department Stores are the primary retailer of Delavigne products, and his business represents nearly one fifth of our total revenue."
- "Retail sales typically increase 50-70% in the three months leading up to December 31st."
- "Please go to Horatio's laboratory at 6pm this evening, where you will be joined by fellow "volunteers", Hannah Benedict (Head of Retail) and Edward Moon (British intern)."
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