brick and mortar
Not online shopping
Brick and mortar describes physical business locations as opposed to online operations: a brick-and-mortar store, brick-and-mortar retail.
The phrase evokes the literal building materials of traditional shops.
It gained currency with the rise of e-commerce, when the distinction between physical and digital storefronts became commercially significant.
Some businesses operate both ways: They started online but now have brick-and-mortar locations too.
Temporary use contract
- rentPayment for temporary use
- overheadLocated directly above
- premisesProperty with buildings
- locationPosition in space
staff · employees · landlord · zoning · signage · parking · occupancy · utilities
Enclosed roofed structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- foundationUnderlying support structure
construction · masonry · concrete · cement · block · stone · clay · permanent
Retail facade facing street
- shopfrontRetail establishment's street-facing exterior
- boutiqueSmall specialized retail shop
- emporiumLarge varied retail store
- showroomRetail exhibition space
salesfloor · aisle · checkout · cashier · merchandise · display · inventory · shopping
Formally set up
- legacyWhat's passed down
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
- offlineNot internet-connected
analog · mom-and-pop · neighborhood · local · community · longstanding · time-tested · classic
lease
Temporary use contract
location · staff · employees · landlord · zoning · signage · parking · occupancy · utilities · maintenance
building
Enclosed roofed structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
foundation · construction · masonry · concrete · cement · block · stone · clay · permanent · solid
storefront
Retail facade facing street
- shopfrontRetail establishment's street-facing exterior
- boutiqueSmall specialized retail shop
- emporiumLarge varied retail store
showroom · salesfloor · aisle · checkout · cashier · merchandise · display · inventory · shopping · customer
established
Formally set up
- legacyWhat's passed down
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
offline · analog · mom-and-pop · neighborhood · local · community · longstanding · time-tested · classic · heritage
- retailretail sales, Amazon, marketplace, clearance, sale
- distributiondistribution, distributors, distributor, allocation, allotment
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- business typesbig business, business, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership
- real worldphysical reality, daily life, lived experience, real life, natural world
- market entrymarket entry, global entry, market penetration, exporting, export
brick and mortarvirtual
Existing in effect, not fact
digital · cloud-based · intangible · cyberspace · serverless
brick, mortar, bricks, bricked, bricking, brickwork, bricklayer, mortars, mortared