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Supermarkets
Terms that are in relation to the biggest kind of retail store.
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Contract store
Retail; Supermarkets
A non-affliated food store supplied by a wholesaler on a cost-plus basis or by special arrangement. See cost-plus.
Column inch
Retail; Supermarkets
A newspaper measurement unit, one inch long and one column wide. Ad prices are multiplied by column inches.
Scan-based trading
Retail; Supermarkets
A new way of doing business between direct store delivery manufacturers and retailers. It incorporates daily point-of-sale data to pay for product, electronic communication technologies to eliminate ...
Multipoint private network
Retail; Supermarkets
A networking system that links the computer systems of a number of stores on a single leased line. Also called multidrop private network. See frame relay network.
Wide area network (WAN)
Retail; Supermarkets
A network that connects computers over distances, not within a building.
Advertising
Retail; Supermarkets
A paid, public notice that food retailers place in newspapers, on television and/or radio, on the Internet, in circulars, or on in-store signs and displays to promote products and prices.
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)
Retail; Supermarkets
A packaging technique that uses a gas-flushing process to reduce oxygen and maximise a product's shelf life.
