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bricks and clicks

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noun

  1. a combination of traditional business carried out on physical premises and internet trading

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  1. combining traditional business carried out on physical premises and internet trading

    bricks-and-clicks companies
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Etymology

Origin of bricks and clicks

C20: from bricks and mortar and click , meaning an act of pressing and releasing a computer mouse button

Example Sentences

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Mr Catliff sees the future of retail financial services as one of "bricks and clicks" - with online banking just as important as a branch network.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2013

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