小売

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 小売 is read as こうり and is a noun and する verb for retail, selling goods in consumer quantities to the final customer.
• Basic usage: Parallel sales channels appear in 卸売と小売を行う, while the price offered to consumers appears in 小売価格.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Sales to the final consumer
  • It focuses on the stage where goods are sold to the people who will use them, rather than transferred in bulk to another seller.
• Difference from 卸売
  • 卸売 is wholesale selling in quantity to retailers or other businesses, while 小売 is retail selling directly to final consumers.