retail sales
Consumer purchase volume
Retail sales are transactions where goods are sold directly to consumers for personal use rather than for resale.
The term often appears in economic reports as an indicator of consumer spending: Retail sales rose 0.4% in March.
Retail sales exclude business-to-business transactions and wholesale purchases.
- town marketLocal commerce gathering place
- cross-sellingRecommending complementary products
- brick-and-mortarPhysically present business
- impulse buyingUnplanned purchase decision
- advertising campaignsPlanned promotional efforts
big box store · brand loyalty · pop-up shops · seasonal trends · direct-to-consumer · social media marketing · pricing strategies · price sensitivity · customer service · supply chain management · shopping habits · product lifecycle · loyalty programs · foot traffic · kiosks · e-commerce · upselling · fitting room
- Commercial Termslicensing, patents, copyright, royalties, trademarks
- government statisticsGDP, unemployment rates, demographics, census reports, poverty rates
- Sales Typesliquidation, e-commerce
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, exports
- retailAmazon, marketplace, clearance, department stores, boutique
- income sourcessalary, wages, hourly pay, wage, commission
retail saleswholesale
Bulk sales to merchants
wholesale trade · bulk sales · wholesale distribution · commercial sales · bulk purchasing