Retail Industry
Retail comes from the French word retaillier which refers to "cutting off, clip and divide" in terms of tailoring (1365). It first was recorded as a noun with the meaning of a "sale in small quantities" in 1433 (French). Its literal meaning for retail was to "cut off, shred, paring". Like the French, the word retail in both Dutch and German (detailhandel and Einzelhandel respectively) also refer to sale of small quantities or items.
Retail is the second-largest industry in the United States both in number of establishments and number of employees. The U.S. retail industry generates $3.8 trillion in retail sales annually ($4.2 trillion if food service sales are included), approximately $11,993 per capita. The retail sector is also one of the largest worldwide. Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer. Wal-Mart employs 1.3 million associates in the United States and more than 400,000 internationally. The second largest retailer in the world is France's Carrefour.
Some of the retail transactions that Banyan Customer transacts with their retail trading partners include

Some of the Retail Trading Partners Banyan Customers transact with include

• ACE Hardware
• Amazon.com
• Best Buy/ Best Buy Canada / Futureshop
• Circuit City
• Federated Department Stores
• Lowes
• Home Depot
• Hudson's Bay Co/ Zellers / Home Outfitters
• JCPenney
• Kmart
• HMV
• Staples/ Business Depot
• Sears / Sears Canada
• Target
• Toys"R"Us
• Walgreens

If you don't see your trading partner here, look for them in our complete trading partner list