User:Dheerajakula/Retail Formats

Retail Formats refers to the various formats of selling retail. This includes
 * brick-and-mortor retail formats and
 * online retail formats

Brick-and-Mortor Retail Formats
Brick-and-Mortor Retail Format, as the name indicates, refers to such formats where merchandise is sold through a real world store/shop. Examples of such formats are -
 * Convenience store
 * Department store
 * General store
 * Grocery store
 * Supermarket
 * Newsagents
 * Hardware store
 * Variety store
 * Toy store

Online Retail Formats
Online Retail Formats, as the name indicates, refers to such formats where merchandise is sold online, over the web. Examples of such formats are -
 * Online Auction Sites like eBay.com
 * Online Shopping Sites like Amazon.com