- Industry: Retail
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An area in a store dedicated to customer services, such as check-cashing, product returns, money orders, lottery tickets, bottle refunds, fax service, Western Union, etc. Usually located at the front of a store and is always staffed. Also called Service Desk.
Industry:Retail
An allowance given to a distributor by a packer when the distributor supplies their own labels to that packer. The allowance is usually granted for private label processed foods packed for the distributor.
Industry:Retail
An amount and mix of products that a retailer needs to meet normal sales volume for a specific period of time, i.e., day, week, month.
Industry:Retail
An analysis of a market area that includes the demographics of the population, number and kind of stores, which is used for price comparisons, market saturation, budgeting, and sales purposes. See trading area.
Industry:Retail
An analysis of sales by week, month, period or year to project trends, identify problems and measure a retailer's performance.
Industry:Retail
An agreement between a retailer and a manufacturer in which the retailer agrees to promote the manufacturer's products according to a specific schedule.
Industry:Retail
An agreement between competing companies to close during a strike, or an arbitrary suspension of operations during a contract dispute with a union.
Industry:Retail
An agreement for a wholesaler to order, deliver and bill promotional products to a retailer. See automatic distribution.
Industry:Retail
