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• a  sold for cash and the customer carries it away (no delivery service)
  cash-and-carry business

• At the time, cash-and-carry furniture was unheard of, as was the idea that all Ikea products--from furniture to the now famous mobile kitchens--could be packed in flat, stackable .
• By operating on a cash-and-carry basis, Ohrbach's keeps its operating expenses down to 17% of sales (v.
• Furthermore, the cash-and-carry format allows Bharti and Walmart to co-opt a part of the competition the mom-and-pop, or kiryana, stores by turning them into customers.

News & Articles

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• Rapids Restaurant Equipment To Open Cash And Carry Foodservice & Bar Equipment And Supply Store In Twin Cities
  Rapids Wholesale Equipment Company, a leading foodservice and bar equipment and supplies retailer, has announced plans to make its online selection of more than 6,000 products even more accessible to customers by opening a cash-and-carry retail store in St. Paul, Minnesota
  Nov. 8, 2013 - FoodserviceCentral.com

Quotes

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• Sunil Mittal in Reuters
  The joint venture with equal stakes will operate in areas where the government allows foreign investment in retail like cash-and-carry and logistics,Bharti Enterprise Chairman Sunil Mittal said. "The retail shops will be owned by Bharti...