The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word CHAIN STORE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CHAIN STORE
- Outlet’s wasting cash in rent
- Secures rent from business with many outlets
- Commercial establishment isn’t entertaining head of staff in routine job
- Restrictions damaged retail enterprise
- Retailer has a job bagging satin pants
- Restraints ruined one from a group of sellers
- Bond’s raced to find one of a group on the high street?
- Restrictions ripped apart in retail outlet
- This one car represented in retail outlet
- Boots perhaps ripped underneath fastenings
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The straight part
We know that "Retailer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case retailer = chain store.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.