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[hda]

Should I use the article "the" before "Brasilian retail" ?

Thank you in advance.

[Suzanne]

Hello!

Can you give more detail about how you want to use "Brasilian retail"? That will detemine if "the" needs to be included.

If it's a general statement, such as "Brasilian retail sales are down..." then you don't need to add an article.

If it's more specific, then you would add an article: "The downtown Brasilian retail stores reported that sales are down..."

Does that make sense?

Have a great day!