retail industry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofretailandindustry
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retail
noun[U]
uk/ˈriː.teɪl/us/ˈriː.teɪl/
the activity of selling goods to the public, usually ...
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industry
noun
uk/ˈɪn.də.stri/us/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofretailandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theretailindustryis diverse.
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Theretailindustryis on notice.
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Is theretailindustrymaking too much profit?
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We appreciate the complexity and efficiency of theretailindustry.
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A million married women are engaged in theretailindustry.
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Turnover in theretailindustryis an important factor.
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It is therefore outside theretailindustry—a wholesaler.
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Theretailindustrywill become more and more important.
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Between 1985 and 1989 theretailindustryhas moved forward.
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Many sectors of theretailindustryare also involved.
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Various organisations attended, including representatives from both the foodretailindustryand consumer groups.
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Three months is a period which theretailindustryas a whole would find practicable.
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With the lack of competitiveness of our businesses, we are all reliant on theretailindustry.
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Theretailindustryis all about low wages, reducing the number of employees and cutting corners.
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The first was to stress the importance of theretailindustry.
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I have the honour of being chairman of the all-partyretailindustrygroup.
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The scale of investment in theretailindustryis very large.
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In the short term, unit costs inretailindustrywill rise.
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It is substantially the motorretailindustrywhich sells number plates.
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Yesterday theretailindustrystated that this type of intimidation is utterly unacceptable inside a democracy.
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It has at least as good a future as theretailindustry.
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I have been involved in theretailindustryall my life.
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That is the sort of sums these people are taking out of theretailindustry.
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We must bear it in mind that most of theretailindustryis not unionised.
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Theretailindustryis extremely conscious of the enormous cost to industry of youth crime.
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