retailing
noun
re·tail·ing
ˈrē-ˌtā-liŋ 
: the activities involved in the selling of goods to ultimate consumers for personal or household consumption
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Retailers and e-commerce platforms create much excitement around shopping holidays, and Cyber Monday is only a day dreamed up in 2005 by the National Retail Federation to rev up online retailing.
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
All sub-sectors were down, led lower by retailing, consumer durables, and automobiles.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Markfield brought his boss, Jay Schottenstein, chief executive officer of American Eagle and Schottenstein Stores Corp., one of the first families of U.S. retailing, to see the space and suggested AEO buy the Todd Snyder business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
The retailing sector led all others in average annual earnings growth; financials led in average annual revenue growth; and tech led in average annual total returns.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
All sub-sectors were down, led lower by retailing, consumer durables, and automobiles.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Markfield brought his boss, Jay Schottenstein, chief executive officer of American Eagle and Schottenstein Stores Corp., one of the first families of U.S. retailing, to see the space and suggested AEO buy the Todd Snyder business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
The retailing sector led all others in average annual earnings growth; financials led in average annual revenue growth; and tech led in average annual total returns.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Retailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retailing. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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