to merchandise
- verb
- /ˈmɜrʧənˌdaɪz/
- 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.
- It looks like it came out of a cave but then figures out how to merchandise it and make signs and sell it.
Examples
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Do you know how long it took to invent the games, to merchandise them, to get them into the stores by Christmas?
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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.
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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.
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To successfully merchandise a product, it's important to understand the needs and preferences of your target audience.
Synonyms
To buy and sell goods or services as a business
To try to sell a product or service to people
Sell goods to the public in small amounts for people to use
To show and sell products to people, often at concerts
Compounds
How Marketed
Surface Forms
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.