Merchandising

Definitions

1. gerund of merchandise
   also, archaic, attributive, uncountable, usually
2. Trade in merchandise.
   also, archaic, attributive, uncountable, usually
3. The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally), the promotion of any goods or services for sale.
   also, attributive, uncountable, usually
4. The promotion of a film, music group, theatre production, etc., through the sale of goods bearing motifs associated with the subject being promoted; also, such goods themselves collectively; merchandise.
   also, attributive, specifically, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

4 more languages

العربيةمتاجرة

Suomikaupantekomarkkinointimyynninedistäminen

Italianomerchandising

Portuguêsmerchandising

Examples

“May not the miſerable ruine of Conſtantinople, their impregnable vvalles, riches, and pleaſures laſt taken by the Turke (vvhich are but a bit, in compariſon of their novv mightines) remember⟳ vs, of the effects of priuate couetouſneſs? […] His [the Byzantine emperor's] pouertie vvhen the Turke beſeiged, the citizens (vvhoſe marchandizing thoughts vvere onely to get⟳ vvealth, little conceiuing the deſperate reſolution of a valiant expert enemy) left the Emp[eror] ſo long to his concluſions, hauing ſpent all he had to pay⟳ his young, ravv, diſcontented Souldiers; that ſodainly he, they, and their citie vvere all a prey to the deuouring Turke.”

“The Diſcommodities of Vſury are: Firſt, that it makes fevver Merchants. For vvere it not, for this Lazie Trade⟳ of Vſury, Money vvould not lie⟳ ſtill, but vvould, in great Part, be Imployed vpon Merchandizing; VVhich is the Vena Porta of VVealth in a State.”

“Profanation of the lord's day, or ſabbath-breaking, is a ninth offence againſt God and religion, puniſhed by the municipal lavvs of England. […] And therefore the lavvs of king Athelſtan forbad all merchandizing on the lord's day, under very ſevere penalties.”

“[A] Ocadh, in the South of Arabia, there were yearly fairs, and there, when the merchandising was done, Poets sang for prizes:—the wild people gathered to hear⟳ that.”

“[T]he old Triton, at his fountain-sport, / Bernini's creature plated to the paps, / Puffs up steel sleet which breaks to diamond dust, / A spray of sparkles snorted from his conch, / High over the caritellas, out o' the way / O' the motley merchandizing multitude.”

“Now, these strikers: Honest, they're not such bad people. Just foolish. They don't understand⟳ the complications of merchandizing and profit, the way we businessmen do, but sometimes I think⟳ they're about like⟳ the rest⟳ of us, and no more hogs for wages than we are for profits.”

“With the ubiquitous branding and expert merchandizing of museums today, it is easy to forget⟳ that graphic design⟳ was once a low priority for them.”

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