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Topic overview

Retail is the sale of goods and services from individuals or businesses to the end-user. Retailers are part of an integrated system called the supply chain. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers directly or through a wholesale, and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer for a profit. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations like stores or markets, door-to-door or by delivery. Retailing includes subordinated services, such as delivery. The term "retailer" is also applied where a service provider services the needs of a large number of individuals, such as for the public.

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Project goals[edit]

This project aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of retail-related topics.

Scope Project scope[edit]

The scope of this project covers articles of retailing companies (e.g. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.), chains (existing and defunct), topics (e.g. department store, hypermarket, etc.), and people (e.g. John Geisse). Please see the article list below for articles that are within our scope.

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  1. Tuxide (t c)
  2. Caldorwards4
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  4. Yankeyfan315
  5. SchuminWeb (Talk)
  6. Wackymacs
  7. DrCash
  8. Kamikaze Highlander
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  10. Jake
  11. TenPoundHammer
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  13. Skeezix1000 (t c)
  14. rickster77
  15. johnandbob
  16. BizMgrt,c
  17. Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) - May, 2008 (Talk) I am particularly interested in cooperatives
  18. Xde 13
  19. 68DANNY2 - Sept. 2008
  20. Mjquinn_id (talk · contribs) - Nov. 2008 = Templates and Categories
  21. IrishDragon - Nov. 2008
  22. Tsange - April. 2009
  23. Bungle (talk · contribs) Sept 2009
  24. dreamshop78 (talk · contribs) Sept 2009
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  26. Usgrant7 June 2012 (talk) 18:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  27. sillybillypiggytalk to me sign! 16:28, 25 June 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  28. Bosalino (talk) 03:03, 17 May 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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  33. MichaelIvan 05:08, 6 February 2017
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Retail topics
Retail chains
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Retailers
Retailers by type of merchandise sold
Retail companies by city
Shops by city
Retail companies by continent
Retail companies by country
Shops by country
Lists of retailers
Retail companies by year of establishment
Attacks on shops
Defunct retail companies
Fictional shops
Retail formats
Retail company stubs
Wikipedia categories named after retailers

Assessment[edit]

Retailing articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low Bottom NA ??? Total
FA 1 1
GA 1 4 10 15
B 7 15 38 36 1 97
C 10 32 88 223 2 22 377
Start 10 74 224 1,123 4 188 1,623
Stub 2 38 74 626 1 135 876
List 1 17 12 20 11 1 62
Category 1 1 594 596
Disambig 5 5
File 12 12
Project 21 21
Redirect 7 19 40 124 190
Template 33 33
Other 43 43
Assessed 30 185 459 2,080 8 843 346 3,951
Unassessed 1 3 9 10 1 356 380
Total 31 188 468 2,090 9 843 702 4,331
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 15,194 Ω = 5.09
WikiProject article importance scheme
Importance Criteria Example
 Top This article is of the utmost importance to the project, as it provides key information about a major topic that is fundamental to a study of the subject. Core topics about retailing. Generally, these topics are sub-articles of the main Retailing article, vital for the understanding of retail or extremely notable to people outside of the retail field. Articles of this importance should be general, broad retailing concepts and multinational retail companies Department store, Walmart
 High This article is very important to the project, as it covers either a general area of knowledge or provides information about a significant topic. Deeper, but still general concepts of retail, national chains that have little to no importance outside their country. Credit, Target Corporation
 Mid This article is relatively important to the project, as it provides more specific knowledge of areas that a serious reader would need to understand. High profile individuals and regional chains that are very notable within the field of retail, and well-known outside of it, and can be reasonably expected to be included in any print encyclopedia. Robert E. Wood, Boscov's
 Low This article is significant but has limited importance to the project, as it expands the reader's overall knowledge of the subject into areas of general interest. Topics of individuals (but not high profile) who worked in retail, specific store locations, small shops (one or two). Edward A. Brennan, Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.)
 Bottom Subject is of the lowest level of relevance or significance to its field of study. This article has no real significance to the project, but it covers additional topics of general or specific interest, some of which could be described as trivia, though all are notable in their own right. Others may be articles of high importance to another project that have an indirect connection with retail. The category was created by the WikiProject to counter-balance "top importance" and to place "mid-importance" into the actual middle. In addition it serves to separate trivia from articles of low but significant importance. Articles should be otherwise obscure retail trivia (like unopened stores) and articles that are tangentially related to retail. Auschwitz Supermarket
 NA Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. Category:Retailing
 ??? Subject importance has not yet been assessed. ???

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  • Resolved: Proposed deletion: Execstyle (via WP:PROD on 13 January 2008) Deleted
  • Resolved: Proposed deletion: Red Dragon Apparel (via WP:PROD on 9 April 2010) Deleted
    Red Dragon Apparel at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red Dragon Apparel (20 March 2010 – 9 April 2010) Deleted
  • Resolved: Proposed deletion: Devilwear (via WP:PROD on 20 December 2007) Deleted


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