China's small and medium sized retailers faced difficulties in competing with foreign retailers.

The retail sector includes two main types of retailers store and non store retailers.

Informal retailers could become the suppliers or the customers of formal retailers, or their franchises.

Eventually, they themselves become formal retailers.

The dominant market position of large retailers has been strengthened through cross border buying alliances among nominally independent retailers.

Retailers are distributors selling to end consumers.

Retailers have integrated backwards into wholesale operations, and producers have integrated forward, performing wholesale functions by distributing their products directly to retailers.

Monitoring of retailers could also be of value.

The retailers have kind of quashed this notion though.

Retailers operating internationally can also resort to so called transfer pricing.

By 2002, the world's top 30 retailers were active in 88 countries, nearly 70 per cent more than in 1997, and the overseas expansion of major retailers is constantly increasing.

Retailers could exercise their power in setting prices at the local level.

Further, the Commission's investigation established that Panamco Tica was lending refrigerators to retailers and attaching exclusivity clauses to the contracts, which required retailers to use the refrigerator for Coca Cola products exclusively.

On the contrary, most European top retailers have operations outside the home country.

in collaboration with retailers of foods and professionals who work with nutrition locally.

A big, big, big sandwich.

I'd put out feelers to retailers, to auctioneers, and it was coming up empty.

Foreign sales represent a significant share in total sales of the main European retailers.

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Big skies, big hearts, big, shining continent.

The distribution sector includes commission agents, wholesalers and retailers who act as enablers of trade.

Small retailers can, however, find niche markets, such as serving convenience needs and local tastes.

The Euro Retailer Produce Working Group (EUREP) is a European based trade organization for retailers.

Its membership consists of growers, product marketing organizations and growers' cooperatives, food manufacturers and retailers.

Producers are also engaging in direct sales to consumers through on line retailing, bypassing retailers.

Big, big problem.

But this debate misses a crucial point the hypermarket model is itself under serious threat everywhere from online shopping. Consumers worldwide are finding that they can access virtually unlimited choice on the Internet including customized goods and services that big retailers simply cannot deliver.

In 2000, 70 per cent of the global top retailers already operated a transactional web site.

The top 100 retailers (see table 3) account for 25 per cent of worldwide retailing sales.

Big companies. Big companies.

Big one, big one.

How big is big?

Big talk. Big stomach.

A big, big favor.

The liberalization of the distribution sector in China has implied benefits for example, the development of different distribution formats, including specialty stores, the enhancement of local marketing and managerial capacity, and the possibility for domestic manufacturers to enter the international supply chain of foreign retailers (95 per cent of the products distributed by foreign retailers in China are locally sourced and foreign retailers export Chinese products abroad).

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Growing use by retailers of own brands and discount retailing have also been driving prices down significantly.

Retailers are able to access and tap different cost structures in different countries and are becoming global.

He tell about the big mountain, the big building, the big art.

While the first operates fixed point of sale locations, non store retailers or retailers away from a fixed location reach customers and market merchandise with methods such as broadcasting infomercials , paper and electronic catalogues, door to door solicitation and selling from portable stalls.

Big Money Merges with Big Brother

Too big, too big, no change.

Big black cow, big fat sow

For those of you who are retailers, you may want to look away before I show this slide.

Other experts stressed that modern retailers usually integrated backwards and could then help improve manufacturing processes and packaging.