3rd ICP Workshop for 2011 Round for Western Asia Outlet Definition 3rd ICP Workshop for 2011 Round for Western Asia Mario Rashed, Statistics Division Jan 26 – 28

Price Types R – Regular price: the regular is the price found on the product or can retrieved by the bar code reader (the price is initially stored in the database) S – Sale price: the sale price is the regular price of the product but discounted B – Bargain price: the bargain price is the price agreed upon after negotiations between the buyer and the seller

Outlet Types

Outlet Types Large shops: -Hypermarket: A hypermarket is a very large self-service store selling products found in supermarkets and department stores like clothes, food, electrical goods, groceries and general merchandise. They satisfy all routine weekly shopping needs in one trip. -Supermarket: A Supermarket is a self-service store selling a wide variety of food (meat fresh products, dairy and baked goods, etc.) and household merchandise (household cleaners, pet supplies, etc.), organized into departments. It is larger in size and has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store but is smaller than a hypermarket.

- Department store: A department store is a retail establishment selling consumer’s personal and residential durable goods , while offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines at different prices in all product categories (apparel, furniture, home appliances, electronics, jewellery, toys, etc.)

Medium & small shops -Minimarket: A minimarket is a market with relatively small number of shops. It is not large as normal market. -Kiosk: A kiosk is a booth with an open window on one side. It offers small inexpensive goods such as newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, street maps and confections. -Neighborhood shop: A neighborhood shop is a retail store designed to offer products that match local tastes and needs. -Grocery store: A grocery store sells primarily food. The grocer stores different kinds of foods from different places and cultures and sells them to customers. -Convenience store: A convenience store is small centrally located store featuring ease of access, late-night hours and a limited line of merchandise designed for convenience shoppers. In general it charges higher prices than large supermarkets.

Markets: -Open market: An open market is any market where buying and selling can be carried on without restrictions as to price -Covered market: Unlike open-air market, a covered market is covered with tents or other structure -Wet market: A wet market in generally an open food market. The floors and surroundings are often routinely sprayed and washed with water (fish market, fruits and vegetables markets, etc.)

Street outlets -Mobile shops: Mobile shops consist of individuals providing a service or selling goods on a regular basis from a registered vehicle. They sell wares, fruits and vegetables, prepackaged food, or food preparation on site. -Street vendor: A street vendor is a person offering goods and services for sale for the public without having a permanent built up structure but with a temporary static structure. Street vendors may be stationary or mobile in the sense that they move from one place to another carrying their wares on push carts or in cycles or baskets on their heads.

Bulk and discount shops -Wholesale store: a wholesale store is a store run by wholesale dealers that sell goods directly to customers at a lower price than usual retailers -Discount shops: A store that sells merchandise at a discount from the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.

Specialized shops -Supply shops: a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures -Hardware shops: Hardware stores sell household hardware including: power tools, keys, locks, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, house wares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden products directly to consumers for use at home or for business.

Private service providers -Taxi, cabs, hotels, restaurants, private schools, private hospitals, etc. Public or semi-public service providers -Power suppliers, electric power companies, public schools, public hospitals

Other kinds of trade -Online shopping sites (internet): Online shopping is the process whereby consumers go through to purchase products, goods or services, over the internet. An online shop, e-shop, e-store, internet shop, web shop, web store, online store, or virtual store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or in a shopping mall. -Catalogue order (mail): Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or website. Then, the products are delivered to the customer, either at home or occasionally to a nearby retail location for the customer to pick them up.