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direct selling

British  

noun

  1. another name for direct marketing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Patek Philippe also does very little direct selling and only owns three stores worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

The retailer has already announced that its original direct selling network, The Body Shop at Home, which operated for 30 years, will close this month.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

The bribes were intended to help Los Angeles-based Herbalife obtain direct selling licenses, reduce government scrutiny of its Chinese operations, and suppress negative coverage by state-controlled media, authorities said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2019

“Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has been a supporter of the direct selling industry for many years,” the organizers of the Direct Selling Edge Conference said in promoting his speech.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2017

I asked its advertising manager if, in his opinion, the window space would not bring better returns if it were devoted to direct selling, instead of mere indirect selling through display.

From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford

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