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e-tailing

[ ee-tey-ling ]

noun

  1. the selling of goods and services on the internet or through email solicitation.


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Other Words From

  • e-tailer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of e-tailing1

First recorded in 1990–95; e- 2( def ) + (re)tailing ( def )
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Example Sentences

Amazon’s reported expansion plans come on the back of surging online sales as consumers shift to e-tailing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Reuters

The e-tailing giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of rolling them out at its Whole Foods supermarket chain in the coming months, The Post has learned.

There was the plan to convert Kmart into an e-tailing powerhouse with stores serving as pickup spots.

Analysts said they would look closely at newly added Whole Foods supermarket chain into the company’s portfolio as the engineers seek to marry Amazon e-tailing tech to food distribution.

“Founded on Fit, Focused on Style, Built on Service” – that’s the retail promise offered by Bonobos, the men’s e-tailing business that’s being courted by Walmart and idolized by the garment industry as a model for reviving US retail woes.

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