Retailing vocabulary
What is a retailer?
Answer: A person or business that sells goods directly to consumers.
I bought ___ apple at the supermarket.
An
Which relative pronoun can we use for people?
Who
Do non-defining relative clauses give essential or extra information?
Extra information
A consumer is a person ___ buys or uses products.
Who (or that)
What is a consumer?
Answer: A person who buys or uses goods and services.
She works in ___ shopping centre near her house.
A
Complete the sentence: A retailer is a person ___ sells products directly to customers.
Who ( or that)
Which punctuation marks usually separate a non-defining relative clause from the main sentence?
Commas.
Choose the correct articles: I bought ___ new pair of shoes at ___ shopping mall.
A, a.
What is the difference between retailing and wholesaling?
Answer: Retailing sells goods to final consumers; wholesaling usually sells goods in bulk to businesses.
___ internet has changed the way people shop.
The
Choose the correct sentence: A) A customer is someone which buys products. B) A customer is someone who buys products.
B.
Complete the sentence: Amazon, ___ is a major online retailer, sells many products.
Which.
Is this defining or non-defining? 'Customers who shop online can compare prices easily.'
Defining.
What does 'online shopping' mean, and give one example.
Answer: Buying goods or services through the internet, for example, ordering clothes from an online store.
Customers often compare ___ prices before buying products.
No article
Join the sentences using a defining relative clause: I visited a shop. The shop sells handmade jewellery.
I visited a shop that/which sells handmade jewellery.
Join the sentences using a non-defining relative clause: Zara is a fashion brand. It sells clothing worldwide.
Zara, is a fashion brand, which sells clothing worldwide.
Add commas where necessary: 'London which is a major shopping destination attracts tourists.'
London, which is a major shopping destination, attracts tourists.
A company buys 1,000 T-shirts from a manufacturer and sells them to different shops. What role does the company play, and why?
Answer: It acts as a wholesaler because it buys goods in bulk and sells them to retailers.
She went to ___ shop we visited yesterday to buy ___ umbrella.
the shop; an umbrella
Correct the sentence and explain the mistake: 'A retailer, who sells products directly to consumers, is important for the economy.'
A retailer who sells products directly to consumers is important for the economy. Remove the commas because the clause provides essential information.
Correct the sentence: 'My local shopping centre, that opened last year, is very popular.'
My local shopping centre, which opened last year, is very popular.
Correct both mistakes and explain them: 'A wholesaler, which sells goods in bulk, supplies an retailers.'
A wholesaler, which sells goods in bulk, supplies retailers.