Retailer marketing decisions 3. Types of Building Material Retailers 4. Non-store retailing 5. Trends in retailing 1. Retailing is the selling of goods and services directly to the final consumer.
Retailing is where the rubber meets the road.
If you don't, its generally a bad idea to try to compete on price. Price categories by customer coding. More price categories. There has certainly been a trend in building materials retailing to larger and larger stores. Therefore, wherever a Home Depot opens they've got to close 10 smaller yards in the surrounding region.