mass merchant

Norwegian translation: varehus

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English term or phrase:mass merchant
Norwegian translation:varehus
Entered by: Ingrid Thorbjørnsrud

20:41 Mar 28, 2008
English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Marketing - Economics
English term or phrase: mass merchant
Dette er en type detaljist, kan det være noe sånt som storforhandler?
Ingrid Thorbjørnsrud
Norway
Local time: 10:58
varehus
Explanation:
F.eks. kalles Wal-Mart for "varehus" på norsk og "mass merchant" på engelsk/amerikansk.
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Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 10:58
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Supert, men er ikke dette det samme som "department store" (som jeg også har på listen"
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varehus


Explanation:
F.eks. kalles Wal-Mart for "varehus" på norsk og "mass merchant" på engelsk/amerikansk.

Example sentence(s):
  • NEW YORK - When Toys "R" Us said in August that stiff competition from mass merchant Wal-Mart Stores was making it consider exiting the toy business,
  • USAs største varehus, Wal-Mart, satser stort på ip-telefoni.

    Reference: http://www.forbes.com/2004/11/10/cx_pp_1109wmt.html
    Reference: http://www.idg.no/produkter/nettverktelekom/ip-telefoni/arti...
Bjørnar Magnussen
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Supert, men er ikke dette det samme som "department store" (som jeg også har på listen"
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