noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ The speedy, low-inventory distribution systems that big retailers have invested in have made things even more comfortable.
▪ Some are predicting that malls could have a more varied tenant mix, with more big-box retailers moving in.
▪ In past, cuts in wholesale prices have been absorbed by big retailers.
▪ Big box retailer For several years, Home Depot, a big box retailer of hardware, has sought a port site.
▪ There are two big manufacturers, Nestl and Kraft, and two big retailers, Sainsbury and Tesco.
▪ Some big retailers have already seen the new lines in bits and pieces.
▪ Other big retailers are said to be watching the vote with some concern.
▪ A big reason why retailers file for bankruptcy is their inability to get credit.
electrical
▪ Discount electrical retailers are expected to spend about IR£5m on advertising this year.
▪ The Smiths Door Chime Kit costs about £10 from electrical retailers.
▪ Alternatively, you could use a three pin plug with a built-in thermostat, available from electrical retailers.
high
▪ Another good choice are the high street retailers with online versions of their operations.
independent
▪ Participating independent retailers have an identifying symbol, in addition to their customary title.
large
▪ But in the years preceding the outbreak of war it had become by far the largest single retailer.
▪ The site features several large retailers, including Gottschalks Inc., a California based department store chain.
▪ My co-workers and I were all hired as sales associates at a large retailer at $ 6. 50 an hour.
▪ Consumers reined in their spending, dragging down December sales at many of the nation's largest retailers.
▪ The agreement was designed to promote competition among larger retailers.
▪ Many large retailers accept national or local bank credit cards in addition to offering their own plans.
local
▪ These were taken by local retailers, who accumulated them for exchange against larger bills drawn on London.
▪ Advertising costs are supported by local food retailers and by manufacturers of food products.
▪ If this service is not available press the council and local retailers to provide facilities for recycling.
▪ Newspaper advertising is the medium most frequently utilized by local retailers of food.
▪ For further details and entry forms, head down to your local retailers.
▪ Coupons are provided both by local food retailers and by food processing companies.
▪ The local security equipment retailers had clearly done well out of Ruggiero Miletti's kidnapping.
▪ Those who are fired will curtail their spending, which will affect local retailers, and AT&038;.
major
▪ As the major retailers adjust their strategies to the growth of discounters like their emphasis is very much on cost control.
▪ Shares in other major retailers fell as well, with the Standard&038;.
▪ Wouldn't this be in line with the much-paraded environmental credentials of our major retailers?
▪ Shares in other major retailers also fell.
▪ A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale, but hundreds are still thought to be in use.
▪ The major food retailers are still planning to expand their chains of stores and will therefore remain important clients.
▪ One would hope that major retailers will be clear in their minds about their activities and the consequences that may accrue.
online
▪ Existing companies-bookstores, for example-are taking defensive action against online retailers.
▪ Shipping costs can cut deeply into the discounts offered by online retailers.
▪ Downloadable versions went on sale for £8.17-£1.73 less than the printed paperback-at online retailers including Waterstone's.
▪ But what does an online retailer want with a journalist like Benson?
▪ The threat from pure e-tailers subsided as companies like the original Boo.com, an online fashion retailer, went bust.
▪ Currently only 9 per cent of frauds reported by online retailers to the police lead to a prosecution.
other
▪ The price gap between the supermarkets and other retailers has been shrinking ever since.
▪ Dixons' market capitalisation had also fallen £1billion, or 72 percent, more than all bar one other non-food retailer.
▪ On other appliances, terms were less generous and usually subject, like those of other retailers, to government credit restrictions.
▪ However, other retailers of the product will normally be under some obligation not to seek customers actively in R's industry.
▪ Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies, supermarkets are making fat profits.
small
▪ The integrated tills have two main advantages for the small retailer.
▪ Furthermore, differentiation was evident among small retailers, with some sellers employing others to work for them.
▪ More small retailers could close this year, said Ernst&038;.
specialist
▪ It shows that only 50 per cent of retail sales goes through specialist sports retailers.
▪ Now you've narrowed the choice down to more manageable proportions, it's time for the specialist retailer and test fitting.
▪ If you want more or have any doubts about your suitability for racers, then seek advice from a specialist retailer.
■ NOUN
computer
▪ The Dallas computer retailer said sales at stores open at least a year rose 10. 5 %.
discount
▪ Matalan, the out-of-town discount retailer, took the biggest hit.
▪ Us Inc. posted a 7 % increase in holiday sales despite a fierce price war among discount retailers.
▪ He walked the aisles of discount retailers, warehouse outlets, and even a few specialty shops.
▪ Sales at stores open at least a year fell 14. 2 % from the year-ago period, the discount retailer said.
▪ The discount retailer said total sales fell 13 % to $ 16. 8 million from $ 19. 3 million.
electronics
▪ Consumer electronics retailers were hit the hardest.
▪ The electronics retailer said shareholders will have the option of selling their stock or increasing their holdings to 100 shares.
▪ Best Buy, the Minneapolis-based consumer-#electronics retailer, has a bad case of the post-Christmas blues.
▪ Sales at stores open more than a year fell 5. 6 %, the electronics retailer said.
▪ But the consumer electronics retailer said that sales at stores open for at least a year dropped 6 %.
food
▪ How can full-price food retailers beat the discounters?
▪ Advertising costs are supported by local food retailers and by manufacturers of food products.
▪ Lensi ready-flavoured pasta is available from all good food retailers.
▪ Coupons are provided both by local food retailers and by food processing companies.
▪ Rather than setting up their own discount arm, food retailers could simply sell cut-price brands in their superstores.
▪ An employment tribunal has ruled that food retailers are fully justified in refusing to employ men who wear them.
▪ The food retailer unveiled its half year results last Wednesday.
▪ Safeway, the food retailer, was up 0.7 per cent after news that its Christmas sales had exceeded market forecasts.
specialty
▪ The specialty retailer of casual apparel said it also changed its fiscal year end to Jan. 31 from July 31.
street
▪ Another good choice are the high street retailers with online versions of their operations.
toy
▪ They will be sold at electronics and computer stores as well as at toy retailers, such as Toys R Us.
■ VERB
clothe
▪ Gymboree Corp., the once-hot kids' clothing retailer, said same-store sales were down 19 %, despite markdowns.
▪ The clothing and housewares retailer said sales in the 22 weeks to Dec. 30 rose 2. 3 percent.
report
▪ Only specialist food, furniture and carpet retailers reported a decline in sales from a year earlier.
▪ One sign of sluggish growth came during the holidays, as retailers reported the smallest sales gains in a quarter century.
▪ Chicago: Even though consumer spending surged toward the end of December, retailers reported disappointing holiday sales.
sell
▪ Before the goods can be sold, the retailer must ensure that the price is clearly marked.
▪ Margaret Thatcher's governments encouraged the old nationalised industries to sell derelict sites which retailers snapped up for building superstores.
▪ Therefore price competition between them for the right to sell to the retailers would drive price to marginal cost.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Retailers face their slowest business period in January and February.
▪ One high-street retailer has gone out of business.
▪ Our products are sold through the Body Shop and other well-known retailers.
▪ Talbot's is a women's retailer with 20 stores in California.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A big reason why retailers file for bankruptcy is their inability to get credit.
▪ A month afterwards the teams will be sent out to discover whether retailers are sticking to the letter of the law.
▪ Cadbury had changed their labelling policy and had issued no warning to retailers.
▪ Gymboree Corp., the once-hot kids' clothing retailer, said same-store sales were down 19 %, despite markdowns.
▪ Nevertheless the continued growth in unemployment is bad news for retailers in the longer term.
▪ Whether black or white, the label reps went directly to retailers to monitor sales and the efforts of their local distributors.