A marketplace is the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. The term is also used in a trademark law context to denote the actual consumer environment, ie. the 'real world' in which products and services are provided and consumed.

Marketplaces and street markets

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A marketplace is a location where goods and services are exchanged. The traditional market square is a city square where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. This kind of market is very old, and countless such markets are still in operation around the whole world.

• In the USA such markets fell out of favor, but renewed interest in local food has cause the reinvention of this type of market, called farmers' markets, in many towns and cities.
• In continental Europe, especially in France, street markets, as well as "marketplaces" (covered places where merchants have stalls, but not entire stores) are commonplace. Both resellers and producers sell their wares to the public.
• Markets are often temporary, with stalls only present for one or two days a week ("market days"), however some (such as Camden Market in London, UK) are open every day of the week. Such markets are normally specialist—the various stalls of Camden Market, along with the shops associated with it, sell a variety of alternative lifestyle products ranging from clothes and jewellery to CDs, instruments and furniture. An example of a large market is Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok.
• Some large markets have become permanent institutions comparable to shopping malls. One example is the huge Seventh-Kilometer Market near Odessa, Ukraine.

The Roman term for market, still in use in a related sense, is forum. The modern shopping mall can be seen as an extension of this concept.

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At a spotlight showcase then lunch with dad at Stanford's! Then more showcases and banquets and marketplaces oh my!
aquafille (Shannon) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:04:58 -0000
At a spotlight showcase then lunch with dad at Stanford's! Then more showcases and banquets and marketplaces oh my!
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MMT4Tunes (Dave Carter) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:44:59 -0000
The Weekend: Parades, music, marketplaces : Newstreamz San Marcos http://bit.ly/3cVBhM
@NickyLovesMcFly yeah lol. its a really cool place ;] love the marketplaces. everywhere you go theres teeny bakeries. its smells so good!
xo_IAMLauren (Lauren Graham) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:59:24 -0000
@NickyLovesMcFly yeah lol. its a really cool place ;] love the marketplaces. everywhere you go theres teeny bakeries. its smells so good!
The Weekend: Parades, music, marketplaces : Newstreamz San Marcos http://bit.ly/HvHCV
Lockkeeper001 (Simon) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:04:32 -0000
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#vrm considering concept data marketplaces, where data contributors (you / me) rent / sell info to the data aggregators and resellers.
donthorson (don thorson) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:31 -0000
#vrm considering concept data marketplaces, where data contributors (you / me) rent / sell info to the data aggregators and resellers.
On Marketplaces, Whose Customer Is It, Anyway? http://tinyurl.com/yz5s8cc
AdWordsIntelli (AdWords Intelligence) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:43:18 -0000
On Marketplaces, Whose Customer Is It, Anyway? http://tinyurl.com/yz5s8cc

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