retailing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of retailing
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; retail + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Berkshire Hathaway purchased Baltimore’s Hochschild-Kohn department store in 1966 — it was sold three years later — through a company called Diversified Retailing that later merged with the conglomerate.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026
Fast Retailing 9983 -0.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported strong quarterly earnings and raised its annual guidance, playing down concerns about the possible impact of Japan-China tensions on its apparel business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Cosmetics firm Shiseido dived nine percent, department store group Takashimaya more than five percent and Fast Retailing -- the owner of Uniqlo -- more than four percent.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
The lawsuit was filed in Tokyo District Court on Dec. 28 by Tokyo-based Fast Retailing Co., which operates Uniqlo stores.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
"Retailing," returned the deputy-marshal, and proceeded to tell a story in which the details of his method of purchasing the liquor were meagre, but the account of the German's resistance to the officers was full.
From A Tar-Heel Baron by Holloway, Edward Stratton
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