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What’s retail?
Living in society
Supermarkets
and
department
stores
are large businesses
that sell a variety of different
products. They’re usually
located in towns and cities,
often in shopping centres.
Speciality shops
are smaller
businesses that offer only one
type of product or service,
for example, camera shops
and opticians. They’re usually
located in the city centre or
in shopping centres.
Retail
is the selling of products to consumers. For
example, supermarkets, clothes shops and bakeries
are all retail businesses.
Types of retail businesses
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What products do these retail businesses sell?
I think the business in photo a) sells … It may also sell…
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E T T I N G S T A R T E D
In 1986, an electronics
shop o ered to sell stereos
for ‘299 bananas’. When
customers arrived at the
shop with the bananas, the
fruit was accepted.
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b
c
Large
Small
Very large supermarkets are
called
hypermarkets
. They’re
usually located outside towns
and cities. Hypermarkets
sell food and many other
products, such as clothes,
furniture and electronics.
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