small retailer

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandretailer

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/
us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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retailer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.teɪ.lər/
us
/ˈriː.teɪ.lɚ/
a person, shop, or business that sells goods to ...
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(Definition ofsmallandretailerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsmall retailer

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If thesmallretailerwas to be put out of business by price reductions, would those price reductions remain when he was out of business?
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My background is that of asmallretailer.
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Thesmallretailerrelies on sales to produce the wherewithal for the replacement of his stocks.
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With a properly organized wholesale trade there is more room and more hope for thesmallretailerthan there is at the present moment.
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But thesmallretailerhas none of these things.
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The cost is borne entirely by thesmallretailer.
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For the clothing scheme, asmallretaileris defined as one whose total turnover was not more than £5,000 in the standard year, which is 1939.
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If all this milk was pasteurised, would it not have the effect of puttingsmallretailer-producers out of business?
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However, for asmallretailer, two months may be the difference between being profitable and being forced into loss.
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It is since restrictive practices grew that thesmallretailerhas been faced with extinction from the big retail combines and large stores.
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Putting the £250,000 up to £500,000 would be a more realistic approach and one that would give real help to thesmallretailer.
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I am deeply concerned about the position of thesmallretailer.
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We are all familiar with the emergence of chain stores and the gradual disappearance of thesmallretailer.
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There is one problem: the trappedsmallretailer.
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At that time thesmallretailerthought that he would be squeezed out by the supermarkets.
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That is a pathetic position in which to place thesmallretailer.
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Is it that thesmallretailerhas to pay on delivery?
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Therefore, if we were able to eliminate this practice, it would in some sense be a safeguard for thesmallretailer.
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Neither thesmallretailernor the customer wants them in this country.
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