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merchandising

merchandising

15 3.9
Arranging and promoting goods in stores to make customers buy them
  • noun
  • /ˈmɜrʧənˌdaɪzɪŋ/
translation icon : merchandising
  • The key here to merchandising is how much discretionary income I have to spend.
  • retail merchandising
  • design and merchandising
  • merchandising programs

But certainly those kind of deals will help you any merchandising, any sort of things that you can bring more TV rights money.

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Examples

  • The majority of participants were enrolled in retail merchandising programs (80.3%).

    Academic text (2008)
  • Have you thought about merchandising?

  • I got the merchandising covered.

  • You know, it's a lot of merchandising.

  • Never in my entire career have I seen such a tremendous... and immediate response to a merchandising policy.

  • Our department of merchandising needs to hone its aim.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The merchandising arm of Veidt Industries is funding our work with Dr. Manhattan.

  • Mays graduated from Chicago State University with a fashion merchandising degree and hands-on experience with making and designing clothes.

    Blog text (32)
  • The C3 system was created by Markham Public Library (Ontario, Canada) as part of a major merchandising outreach program.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Effective merchandising can significantly increase sales in retail settings.

Synonyms

advertising
vsmerchandising
878 2.7

Creating and showing ads that make people buy products, use services, or support ideas

places more emphasis on physical display and point-of-sale selling
marketing
vsmerchandising
838 2.7

Activities companies use to promote and sell products or services

focuses specifically on promoting, displaying, and selling in shops
vending
vsmerchandising
73 2.7

Selling things in public places, often from stalls or machines

covers broader shop promotion and display beyond machine-based sales
retailing
vsmerchandising
17 2.9

The business of selling goods to the public in shops or online for personal use

stresses promotion and display in addition to the act of selling
selling
vsmerchandising
9 1.0

Exchanging goods or services for money

adds the promotional and visual display side to that basic action
sales promotion
vsmerchandising
  • Specialized
1 2.5

Actions companies use to get more people to buy things, like discounts and contests

includes ongoing visual display and shop selling, not only short campaigns
publicizing
vsmerchandising
1 3.5

Making goods or services known to many people to help sell them

focuses more on in-store display and actual selling, not only attention
retail marketing
vsmerchandising
  • Specialized
1 3.4

To tell people about goods and sell them directly to customers in shops or online

is broader, also covering product display and in-store presentation
mktg
vsmerchandising
  • Jargon
8.5

A department that promotes and sells products and services

describes the formal retail promotion, display, and sales activity
vendition
vsmerchandising
  • Archaic
9.9

Selling things as a business

highlights promotion and display roles beyond the simple act of selling

How Extensive

marketing
838 2.7
merchandising
15 3.9
showing
4 2.5

Surface Forms

merchandising singular

Morphology

merchandising = merchandise (transparent) = merchandise + ing

A regular gerund/nominalization from the verb 'merchandise' denoting the activity of promoting and selling goods.

Etymology

Merchandising comes from old words about trade, like merchant and merchandise, which mean 'the goods' and the people who sell them. So merchandising is the way shops arrange and promote goods to help them sell.