Define: Retail Business

How is Retail Business defined in a legal contract?

• Retail Business means a business which sells its product directly to consumers. Seen in 55 SEC filings
• Retail Business means the activities that provide goods or services directly to customers, including ancillary activities such as ownership of meters. The specific activities designated as part of the retail business are changeable and determined by the [regulatory authority]. Seen in 46 SEC filings
• Retail Business means a business operating on an ongoing basis at a fixed location, primarily selling goods or products for use or consumption by individual buyers. Seen in 13 SEC filings
• Retail Business means a business that sells goods or products for use or consumption by individual buyers. This includes typical retail stores such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and hardware stores. Seen in 12 SEC filings
• Retail Business means any business engaged in selling tangible personal property or taxable services at retail. Seen in 12 SEC filings
• Retail Business means a business whose operation primarily involves the purchase of a product for sale to the final user or consumer, who would not be buying for resale. Seen in 11 SEC filings
• Retail Business means the practice of selling or offering goods or services for retail. Seen in 10 SEC filings
• Retail Business means a business that sells retail goods, including but not limited to grocery stores, clothing stores, sporting good stores and stores selling liquor or cannabis, department stores and the common areas within a mall. Seen in 9 SEC filings

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

Retail Business means a consistently operated enterprise selling goods or services directly to individual consumers at a physical location or via online platforms.

Relevant Contract Types

• Sales Agreement
• Supply Agreement
• Non-Disclosure Agreement
• Commercial Lease Agreement
• Franchise Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Sale of goods or services to consumers.
• Supplying goods to physical retail stores.
• Plan to protect sensitive proprietary information in retail industry.
• Leasing a property for use as a retail store.
• Expansion of retail business under a franchise model.

Relevant Sectors

• Consumer Goods
• Pharmaceuticals
• Grocery
• Fashion and Apparel
• Leisure and Hospitality

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Genie Definition 2

Retail Business means an enterprise engaged in the sale of tangible personal property or taxable services to end-users, not for resale.

Relevant Contract Types

• Terms of Service Agreement
• Manufacturer Agreement
• Purchase Order

Relevant Circumstances

• Sale of tangible personal property or taxable services to final users.
• Manufacturing goods that will be sold retail.
• Order of goods or services for a retail business.

Relevant Sectors

• Retail
• E-commerce
• Manufacturing
• Technology

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