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Supermarkets
Terms that are in relation to the biggest kind of retail store.
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indirect chain
Retail; Supermarkets
A group of retail stores that purchases products from a wholesaler instead of operating its own warehouse.
retail cooperative
Retail; Supermarkets
A group of retailers that purchase, warehouse and advertise together to achieve economies of scale.
direct sales force
Retail; Supermarkets
A group of salespeople employed by a manufacturing company to work exclusively in promoting and selling its own products.
consumer cooperative
Retail; Supermarkets
A group, called a co-op, that forms to buy in bulk to save money or to buy particular foods. The co-op operates food markets as a nonprofit corporation to sell product to member-families or the ...
pallet jack
Retail; Supermarkets
A hand- or battery-powered device used to move pallets or products.