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A stock it is a space destined to warehousing and / or marketing of merchandise. According to the geographic region and context, the term can refer to different types of establishments.

For example: "I'm going to the store to buy noodles, I'll be back in a few minutes", "The company announced that it will increase the capacity of its warehouse in Santa Marta", "The government is concerned about the safety from the military warehouse ".

In some countries, a warehouse is a site that is used for store goods. In this case, warehouses are part of the supply chain, serving as a warehouse before the goods are taken to their destination. There are also warehouses where spare parts, machinery and supplies of different kinds are kept.

In these warehouses, which are found in factories and stores of various categories, the following usually occur processes:

* reception of the goods to keep. At this point it is essential that the people in charge know in advance that they will receive a shipment, and know its content in detail, which they must control before signing to specify the process;

* placement of the articles in the corresponding pallet racking, a structure made of metal for the storage of merchandise located on a plastic or wooden frame, among other materials, called pallet. The order of the merchandise cannot be arbitrary, but must respond to a previously established organization so that all employees who have access to the warehouse can find it quickly;

* order preparation. This is also known by the term picking, in English, and it is the step that tests the degree of attention paid to the placement;

* expedition, the last essential process within a warehouse, since the goods arrive sooner or later to be claimed. Here the work of those in charge of the warehouse is articulated with that of the transporters, who may or may not belong to the same company.

For Latin Americans, warehouses are stores intended for the retail sale of basic necessities, especially food. In this case, a warehouse is similar to a market, although with smaller dimensions and a smaller variety of products available to buyers.

These warehouses can be self service (the consumer takes the products they want and then pays for them when they arrive at the checkout) or have a salesperson (the grocer) that is responsible for achieving the products to the buyer.

Towards the end of the 90s, small independent stores and many other businesses, such as video stores and clothing stores, began to suffer the inevitable international expansion of large chains. Although consumers can find many benefits in having access to many products and services at affordable prices, little by little the globalization It has been turning off the brightness of each city, to replace it with a marquee that is recognizable throughout the world.

The shops that have multiple merchandise of different classes and that have a large surface are called department store or from Department stores. People, in these places, can buy everything from food to clothes to decorative objects and household appliances. The usual thing is that department stores belong to the same business, unlike the shopping centers formed by many stores of different companies.

Some department stores offer a very pleasant atmosphere, with luxurious facilities and a seemingly inexhaustible variety of products and services, to give their visitors the feeling that there they have everything they may need; However, prices are not usually their forte, which is why bargain hunters continue to prefer the stores specialized.