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Interior of a Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store A typical bodega in New York City. A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store, corner shop, or superette is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as tea, coffee, groceries, fruits, vegetables, snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs ...
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle of the 19th century, and permanently reshaped shopping habits, and the definition ...
A grocery store ( AE ), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery[ 1] is a foodservice retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [ 2] which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, [ 3] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
Outlet store. An outlet store, factory outlet or factory store is a brick and mortar or online store where manufacturers sell their merchandise directly to the public. Products at outlet stores are usually sold at reduced prices compared to regular stores due to being overstock, closeout, returned, factory seconds, or lower-quality versions ...
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells in smaller quantities to consumers for a profit. Retailers are the final link in the supply ...
An art gallery in Seattle's International District preserves the façade and some features of Higo Variety Store, an independent Japanese-American five and ten. A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, auto parts, dry goods, toys, hardware ...
General store. A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise. [ 1] It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to ...
Average shopping time: 13.6 hours. One-time savings: $1,054. Savings per minute: $1.29. Gasoline. Average shopping, driving, or wait time: 320 minutes. Average annual savings: $119. Savings per ...