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Supermarkets

Terms that are in relation to the biggest kind of retail store.

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Supermarkets

area of dominant influence (ADI)

Retail; Supermarkets

An Arbitron or Nielsen measure of a market of television viewers. An ADI includes all jurisdictions within a metro area, which can receive the signal of a particular station. The United States has ...

kiddie corral

Retail; Supermarkets

An area dedicated for children's play in a store.

sales area

Retail; Supermarkets

An area designated in a retail store to display and merchandise products, provide customer service and check out. It does not include the back room, coolers, (stock area) or maintenance areas.

department

Retail; Supermarkets

An area in a retail store designated for a category of products, such as, grocery, meat, produce, bakery, among others.

section

Retail; Supermarkets

An area in a retail store that contains one category of products.

courtesy counter (customer service)

Retail; Supermarkets

An area in a store dedicated to customer services, such as check-cashing, product returns, money orders, lottery tickets, bottle refunds, fax service, Western Union, etc. Usually located at the front ...

label allowance

Retail; Supermarkets

An allowance given to a distributor by a packer when the distributor supplies their own labels to that packer. The allowance is usually granted for private label processed foods packed for the ...

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