Retail -

Japanese: 小売 - こうり

The function of selling goods directly to end consumers. By its nature, it is often run by small, dispersed subsistence businesses, but as the economy has developed, large-scale retailers such as department stores have appeared, and in recent years, supermarkets and other businesses have entered the market in response to the progress of mass distribution systems, causing a distribution revolution. The main forms of retail are single retail stores, general stores, specialty stores, department stores, public markets, chain stores, mail order sales, supermarkets, convenience stores, consumer cooperatives, etc.
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Japanese:

最終消費者に商品を直接販売する機能。その性質上，小規模で分散した生業的経営による場合が多いが，経済の発展に伴い百貨店など大規模小売商が現れ，近年は大量流通体制の進行に応じスーパーマーケットなどが進出し流通革命が起こった。小売のおもな形態は，単一小売店，万屋(よろずや)，専門店，百貨店，公設市場，チェーン・ストア，通信販売，スーパーマーケット，コンビニエンス・ストア，消費生活協同組合など。
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