the retail market

the retail market
Ⅰ.
the retail market/sector/trade
the business activity of selling goods through stores to the public, or the companies involved in this: »

The company is now the UK's eighth-largest motor insurer in the retail market.

Main Entry: retail
Ⅱ.
the retail sector UK US noun [S] ECONOMICS, COMMERCE
the part of a country's economy that is made up of businesses that sell goods through stores, on the internet, etc. to the public: »

Share prices in the retail sector have been driven up by takeover activity.

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The retail sector has held up well.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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