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The word retail derives from the Old French retaillier, which literally means, in tailoring, ‘to cut off by hand, clip, and divide’. Although often associated with the sale of goods or merchandize from a fixed location, the etymology explains how retailing refers more to the act of selling goods in individual quantities than the location from which it is sold.
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Quintavalle, A. (2012). Retailing in the Luxury Industry. In: Hoffmann, J., Coste-Manière, I. (eds) Luxury Strategy in Action. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230361546_6
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