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Retailers' cooperative

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A retailers' cooperative is a business entity which employs economies of scale on behalf of its members to get discounts from manufacturers and to pool marketing. It is common for locally-owned hardware stores and pharmacies.

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1 List of retailers' cooperatives
2 See also

List of retailers' cooperatives

Hardware stores

Distributors

See also