The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RETAILERS
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More clues leading to the result RETAILERS
- Shopmen trying to repeat dockers' work?
- They sell author's latest and earliest works
- They will sell you tales about stalkers
- People complaining about SF movie shops
- Traders ultimately falter and suffer, shown in terse broadcast
- Case of rare trouble during disturbed rest for shopkeepers
- Would animals that have lost their appendages want to do business with them?
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What does RETAILERS mean?
RETAILERS noun- A retail sales company or salesman.