storekeeping
Running a shop
Storekeeping is the work of running a retail store—managing inventory, serving customers, handling transactions.
The term also applies to maintaining supplies in warehouses or institutional settings: She spent twenty years in storekeeping for the hospital.
A storekeeper is one who does this work.
Counting stored merchandise
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- goodsThings for sale
- waresItems offered for sale
- suppliesResources for a task
products · stock · assortment · selection · catalog · shrinkage · reorder · SKU
Acquiring what's sent
- stockingKnit leg garment
- replenishingRestoring to fullness
- shelvingHorizontal storage surfaces
- pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
displaying · ordering · restocking · rotating · organizing · labeling · tagging · checkout
Bulk goods middleman
- supplierSource of goods
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- deliveryConveyance of goods
shipment · consignment · procurement · sourcing · vendor · backorder · fulfillment · provisioning
Small store manager
- merchantOne who sells wares
- proprietorBusiness holder
- counterFlat service surface
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
storefront · shop · boutique · salesfloor · aisle · display · customer · shopper
Recording financial transactions systematically
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
supervision · oversight · planning · recordkeeping · purchasing · margins · profit · expenses
stocktaking
Counting stored merchandise
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- goodsThings for sale
- waresItems offered for sale
supplies · products · stock · assortment · selection · catalog · shrinkage · reorder · SKU · barcode
receiving
Acquiring what's sent
- stockingKnit leg garment
- replenishingRestoring to fullness
- shelvingHorizontal storage surfaces
pricing · displaying · ordering · restocking · rotating · organizing · labeling · tagging · checkout · cashiering
wholesaler
Bulk goods middleman
- supplierSource of goods
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
delivery · shipment · consignment · procurement · sourcing · vendor · backorder · fulfillment · provisioning · stockpile
shopkeeper
Small store manager
- merchantOne who sells wares
- proprietorBusiness holder
- counterFlat service surface
register · storefront · shop · boutique · salesfloor · aisle · display · customer · shopper · transaction
bookkeeping
Recording financial transactions systematically
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
staffing · supervision · oversight · planning · recordkeeping · purchasing · margins · profit · expenses · payroll
- keeping thingssafekeeping, recordkeeping, bookkeeping, housekeeping, timekeeping
storekeepingwholesaling
Bulk trade to merchants
wholesale distribution · manufacturing · importing · warehousing · distribution
storekeepingpurchasing
Acquiring through payment
buying · consumption · shopping · consuming · procurement
storekeepingsubsistence living
Surviving without surplus
keep, store, keeper, keeping, storage, storehouse, storekeeper, storekeepers, warehouseman