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Make an assignment on any retail store 2409:4055:2E12:C6DC:45A0:BFED:8783:486D (talk) 07:43, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article says "in a strictly legal sense, a store that sells the majority of its merchandise direct to consumers, is defined as a retailer rather than a wholesaler"

If such a law exists, it is US-centric. The original definition is clear, these sentences are unneeded. 71.176.70.210 (talk) 12:41, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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These 2 pages are duplicated: Retail and Direct-to-consumer.

In fact, both of them describe "Business-to-Consumer", and each has some redirects that demonstrate this. Stemrv (talk) 17:21, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemrv That's true. We need to add more info about business retailing to other business as well. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 18:23, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TRADE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.231.239.250 (talk) 14:28, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that retail stores should have their own article as this article is mainly just about retailing as a concept, while retail stores refers to stores that use retailing as a concept. I believe there is a clear enough difference. 2001:FB1:94:1398:C0E:6CA:9EEA:D0F1 (talk) 12:52, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's kind of bizarre that this article doesn't actually cover how the retail business model works: namely, buy at lower prices in bulk from wholesalers and then charge a large markup in the retail price shown to consumers to cover the retailer's costs and to turn a profit. Those costs include the cost of its own real estate, plus the cost of securing and caring for the goods during the weeks, months, or years which may be required before a willing buyer wanders in through the front door. And then some units may never sell at a regular price, which is why they end up getting marked down and sold at clearance (or in the case of certain perishable or luxury goods, thrown away). The manufacturer or wholesaler offloads all those risks by selling in bulk many hundreds or thousands of units to the retailer and then can immediately record a profit, while the retailer may have to wait a long time to realize any profit. Coolcaesar (talk) 23:36, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]