salesofgoodsto thepublicratherthan tobusinesses,stores, etc., oftenconsideredinrelationtoeconomicactivityas awhole:Retailsalesfell0.3% inJanuary.a fall/drop/rise in retail salesEconomistsexpecta 1.5%riseinretailsales,comparedwith a 0.1%droplastyear.OfficialretailsalesfiguresforMarcharepublishednextweek.(Definition ofretail salesfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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retail salesConvenient pau units of both 200 grams and 250 grams are in current use inretailsalesin different parts of the country.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example,retailsalesof pseudoephedrine are limited in certain stores to specified amounts.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The aggregate cap was divided, based on 2008retailsalesrevenue.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Today, those businesses also include vehicle processing, financial services and insurance products,retailsales/dealer technology products and services.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The high volume ofretailsalespushed up the value of the pound.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Now in 91 countries and achieving recordretailsalesof $7.5 billion in 2013 according to company statements.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mandatory use of prescribed units forretailsalestook effect in 1995 for packaged goods and in 2000 for goods sold loose by weight.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Retailsalesof the book department amounted to $94,000.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The combined company had annual catalog, internet, andretailsalesof $300 million.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tribes decided to retain the revenues that previously would go to the states throughretailsalestaxes on this commodity.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/retail-sales##
