big retailers

collocation in English

meaningsofbigandretailer

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big
adjective
uk
/bɪɡ/us
/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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retailer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.teɪ.lər/us
/ˈriː.teɪ.lɚ/
a person, shop, or business that sells goods to ...
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(Definition ofbigandretailerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And when you come to draw a line between thebigretailerand the small retailer, how are you to arrive at what is big and what is small?
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In practice, however, big retailers were not curtailed to the advantage of small businessmen.
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The big retailers, particularly the food retailers, had become formidably efficient, and had highly sophisticated sourcing and distribution arrangements.
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I know that the majority of the big retailers regard it as an area where progress has to be made.
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It has been suggested that co-operative marketing will help producers to get a footing with the big retailers and supermarkets.
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The big retailers can handle anything; we can compete despite the problem.
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The major food companies are now big retailers of non-food goods.
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This too gives farmers an opportunity to develop their own marketing enterprises and secure a place alongside the big retailers.
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The big retailers and multiples ask us to serve mammon.
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Sales to supermarkets and big retailers are fixed more or less by the price which prevails in the ordinary markets in the country.
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It is therefore not unreasonable to expect big retailers to recognise that there is a responsibility for their meat and food supply.
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Given a choice, and a little encouragement, the big retailers will offer domestic products in preference to imports.
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The big retailers are tremendously overstocked and have far higher stocks than they had a year ago.
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If we asked the chairman of one of the big retailers his view on animal welfare, we would get an answer that would please us.
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I have urged the big retailers and others in the trade to behave responsibly and fairly throughout the supply chain.
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Of course, there have been advantages to the consumer in buying fresh fruit and vegetables from big retailers as prices have tumbled in real terms.
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If we deregulate immediately the lottery rules regarding other charities, large charities might combine with big retailers, which might have a significant effect on the national lottery.
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It is hard to establish whether that strongly held belief is wholly or partly true because the big retailers are cagey about how much information they provide.
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Many big retailers carry out similar tests.
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