retail selling

Selling to consumers

Retail selling is the business of selling goods directly to consumers rather than to other businesses.

It encompasses the activities, techniques, and strategies used to move products from store shelves to customers: She spent twenty years in retail selling before opening her own shop.

The term emphasizes the sales process itself—customer interaction, product knowledge, closing techniques—rather than the broader retail industry.

Related

merchandise · storefront · cashier · sale · flash sale · discount · bargain · inventory · shelves · counter · receipt · transaction · browse · display · fitting room · price tag · commission · clearance

Opposites
sales channel/volume

retail sellingwholesale

Bulk sales to merchants

wholesale distribution · wholesaling · wholesale trade · commercial distribution · jobbing

transaction direction

retail sellingbuying

Obtaining through payment

shopping · purchasing · procurement

position in supply chain

retail sellingmanufacturing

Industrial product creation

production · importing

Family

retail, selling, sell, sells, sold, seller, sellers, resell, reselling

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G