direct selling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The company calculated what it stood to gain through direct selling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The company said in its bankruptcy filing that direct selling still drove more than 90 percent of its sales in 2023, with about 465,000 sellers, mostly women, comprising the Tupperware sales force.
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2024
LuLaRoe rose as the number of people involved in direct selling in the U.S. grew to a record 20.5 million in 2016, up from 15.9 million in 2012, according to the Direct Selling Assn.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2017
Mobile contracts for consumers will now - even more - be dominated by the mobile operators themselves direct selling to customers.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2014
No more canvassing with a pump undignifiedly on my back, no more manual labor; no, bold as the thought was, not even any more direct selling for me.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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