Big chains and mail-order pharmacies receive much better rates than independent stores, because of volume.

大型连锁以及邮购药店因为进货量大得到了比个体药店便宜得多的价格。

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India's "organised" retailers (ie, chains of stores, as opposed to independent, family-run shops) have to operate in the most supermarket-hostile environment among big economies in the world.

印度“有组织的”零售商们(比方说：连锁店，也就是个体户和家庭商店的对立面)不得不跻身到世界大经济体下最“反对超市”的环境中运营。

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Independent retail stores must be able to master the company knowledge and skills, able to charge a single store retail, conduct operational management.

具备运营零售门店的管理能力，能负责零售企业的单个门店。

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The survey in two thousand four also found that the United States had about two thousand independent bead supply stores.

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I love thrift stores and cute little independent boutiques.

我喜欢二手店和可爱的、小小的独立精品店。

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In hipper Shoreditch, small independent stores hawk colourful, one-gear bikes to graphic artists and web designers.

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But what makes Berlin distinctive are the quirky independent stores that specialize in high fashion and urban chic.

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For the fourth year in a row, membership has increased in the American Bookseller Association, the independent stores' trade group.

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