retails

Sells to consumers

Retails is the verb form of retail, meaning to sell goods directly to consumers rather than to other businesses.

A shop retails clothing; a website retails electronics.

The word extends to spreading information, especially gossip: She retails every bit of office drama to anyone who'll listen.

Something that retails for a price is sold at that price to the public.

boutique

storefront

Retail facade facing street

cashier · showroom · counter · mannequin · rack · hanger · shelf · till · register · dressing-room

commerce

inventory

Catalog of held assets

margin · turnover · point-of-sale · e-tail · franchise · consignment · dropshipping · fulfillment · restocking · SKU

shopping

checkout

Payment completion process

queue · cart · basket · discount · patronage · consumer · shopaholic · browsing · layaway · refund

marketplace

vendor

One who sells goods

  • stallEnclosed compartment or delay
  • bazaarOpen-air merchant district
  • kioskStandalone public booth

booth · hawker · flea-market · souk · arcade · mart · emporium · peddler · concession · agora

Categories
Opposites
scale of commerce

retailswholesales

Sells in large quantities

distributes · manufactures · supplies · produces · imports

transaction direction

retailsbuys

Obtains through payment

purchases · acquires · procures · obtains · sources

Phrases
Family

retail, retailer, retailing, retailers, retailed

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