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to merchandise

to merchandise

5 5.0
To sell and show products so people want to buy them
  • verb
  • /ˈmɜrʧənˌdaɪz/
translation icon : comercializar
  • The company plans to merchandise its new product through targeted advertising and attractive displays in stores.
  • merchandise his products

It looks like it came out of a cave but then figures out how to merchandise it and make signs and sell it.

Examples

  • Do you know how long it took to invent the games, to merchandise them, to get them into the stores by Christmas?

  • The performer is bound by those contracts and any other contracts he establishes in order to merchandise the performance.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Using the grant dollars, the organization purchased grid wall, hanging fixtures, and body forms to merchandise the walls of the store.

    Academic text (2012)
  • They merchandised the hell out of it, but we agreed it was a good product.

  • Saskatchewan's Skylar Urbaniak is running a campaign so that she can merchandise her artwork and sell it at conventions.

    Blog text (22)
  • She learned how to merchandise her handmade jewelry effectively at local craft fairs.

  • To successfully merchandise a product, it's important to understand the needs and preferences of your target audience.

Synonyms

to trade
vsto merchandise
291 2.3

To buy and sell goods or services as a business

adds emphasis on promoting and marketing rather than only business transactions
to market
vsto merchandise
172 2.8

To try to sell a product or service to people

emphasizes engaging directly in buying and selling and promoting goods
to retail
vsto merchandise
14 2.9

Sell goods to the public in small amounts for people to use

covers both buying and selling and also promotion, not only direct sales
to merch
vsto merchandise
  • Jargon
8.9

To show and sell products to people, often at concerts

focuses on promoting and marketing across formal business contexts

Compounds

A group of similar products a company sells

9.8

Products for women who like male-male romance in manga and anime

Goods a shop still has because no one bought them

How Marketed

to market
172 2.8
to merchandise
5 5.0
to sell
1.0

Surface Forms

merchandise infinitive
merchandised past participle
merchandising present participle
merchandises third person singular

Etymology

Merchandise as a verb comes from the same idea of 'trade' and selling, so it is like what a merchant does at a market: arrange and show goods to help them sell. So to merchandise a product is to prepare and promote it for sale.