retail operation

collocation in English

meaningsofretailandoperation

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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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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofretailandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not believe that relatively highly paid and highly skilled personnel should be engaged in thisretailoperation.
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It is a hugeretailoperation, of which any of the high street supermarkets would be proud.
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The local authority put an enforcement notice on the firm, but that was five weeks after it commenced itsretailoperation.
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They suspected—rightly as it turned out—that some kind ofretailoperationwas to be opened where one had not been approved.
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It closed its lastretailoperationin 1932 and operated exclusively as a wholesale meat vendor.
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Theretailoperationadded almost $1.5 million to the company's bottom line that year.
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The company'sretailoperationcomprises approximately 80% of its overall business, with catalog and internet sharing the balance.
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From there he was able to use the funds from hisretailoperationto start his own publishing company.
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In the early 1950s, in addition to its catalog andretailoperation, management recognized growing opportunities in the office products wholesale business.
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Later, in addition to its wholesale business, the nursery started aretailoperationwith ornamental trees and plants for homes and gardens.
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The savings were also significant in terms of staff time and it was soon recognised that the club was not equipped to handle aretailoperation.
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