Retail trade is carried out in different ways. The important types are;
(a) Permanent shops.
(b) Itinerant traders.
(a) Permanent shops: They are opened at a fixed place and carry out trade.
(b) Itinerant or Mobile traders: They do not have fixed place to carry on their trade.
The important among them are :-
- Hawkers
- peddlers
- street vendors and market vendors.
