The UK Retail Industry
(Mahfuz Ali )
Retail is the sale of goods or a
service from a business to a
consumer. Whilst retailing is the
distribution process of a retailer
acquiring goods or services and
selling them to consumers.
Contents
Retailing often requires adding
value to the products or services
Distribution Channels - 2
being sold such as proving expert
Types of Retail – 3 advice, packaging, service levels,
Retail Provision - 4 loyalty programs, service speed
Employment in retail – 5 and other features.
Trends in Retail – 6
Over the past years, retailing has
shifted significantly from
traditional shopping on high street
stores, over to shopping centres,
and even more recently 1online
1
shopping also known as e-tailing.
, Distribution channels in retail
Within the retail industry there are
different types of distribution channels.
A distribution channel is a chain of
businesses or intermediates through
which a good or service passes until it
reaches the final buyer or consumer.
These channels can include retailers,
distributers, wholesalers and the
internet. An example diagram of
different distribution channels can be
seen on the right:
example, example, example…
Bricks-and-mortar Clicks and collect This is E-tailing
retail the idea of merging the This is the sale of goods
The traditional styles businesses traditional and services through the
of retailing where a physical store with internet, this type of
business offers its online services. Example, retailing involves the
products and services if a customer bought a business that involves a
to its customers face- product online, they large organization of
to-face in a store that could take it into the distribution channels
the business owns or store and get a refund or such as websites and
rents. An example of exchange. An example of warehouses. An example
this would be a this would-be JD Sports of
convenience store. and Nike. this would be Boohoo or
Asos..
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(Mahfuz Ali )
Retail is the sale of goods or a
service from a business to a
consumer. Whilst retailing is the
distribution process of a retailer
acquiring goods or services and
selling them to consumers.
Contents
Retailing often requires adding
value to the products or services
Distribution Channels - 2
being sold such as proving expert
Types of Retail – 3 advice, packaging, service levels,
Retail Provision - 4 loyalty programs, service speed
Employment in retail – 5 and other features.
Trends in Retail – 6
Over the past years, retailing has
shifted significantly from
traditional shopping on high street
stores, over to shopping centres,
and even more recently 1online
1
shopping also known as e-tailing.
, Distribution channels in retail
Within the retail industry there are
different types of distribution channels.
A distribution channel is a chain of
businesses or intermediates through
which a good or service passes until it
reaches the final buyer or consumer.
These channels can include retailers,
distributers, wholesalers and the
internet. An example diagram of
different distribution channels can be
seen on the right:
example, example, example…
Bricks-and-mortar Clicks and collect This is E-tailing
retail the idea of merging the This is the sale of goods
The traditional styles businesses traditional and services through the
of retailing where a physical store with internet, this type of
business offers its online services. Example, retailing involves the
products and services if a customer bought a business that involves a
to its customers face- product online, they large organization of
to-face in a store that could take it into the distribution channels
the business owns or store and get a refund or such as websites and
rents. An example of exchange. An example of warehouses. An example
this would be a this would-be JD Sports of
convenience store. and Nike. this would be Boohoo or
Asos..
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