specialty store

Focused merchandise shop

A specialty store focuses on a narrow category of merchandise rather than offering a broad range: a cheese shop, a running shoe store, a store selling only hot sauce.

The term distinguishes these retailers from department stores or general merchandisers.

I found it at a specialty store downtown.

gourmet

cheese shop

Retail dairy specialty store

coffee roaster · spice shop · butcher shop · fishmonger · bakery · patisserie · delicatessen · charcuterie · candy shop · confectionery

niche

tobacconist

Smoking goods retailer

crystal shop · optical shop · trophy shop · surf shop · ski shop

boutique

perfumery

Craft of creating scents

millinery · watch shop · consignment shop

artisan

pottery studio

Place for making earthenware

soap shop · bespoke tailor · silversmith · goldsmith · paper shop · bookbindery

hobby

game shop

Retailer of recreational diversions

antique shop · camera shop · stationery shop

Categories
Opposites
merchandise breadth

specialty storegeneral store

All-purpose rural shop

department store · variety store · big-box store · superstore · megastore

retail format/scale

specialty storeWalmart

Largest global retailer

Costco · Amazon · dollar store · discount store · warehouse club

Family

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