Noun: retailing 'ree,tey-ling
- The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers
"The company shifted its focus from manufacturing to retailing"
- Sell on the retail market
"They retail organic produce at farmers' markets"; "The company retails its products directly to consumers"
- Be sold at the retail level
"These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
- Narrate or give a detailed account of
"He retail[2]ed the entire conversation to his friends";
- tell, narrate, recount, recite
Derived forms: retailings
Type of: flog [Brit, informal], inform, sell
Antonym: wholesale
Encyclopedia: Retailing
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union