e-tailing

[ee-tey-ling]

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• e-tailer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of e-tailing¹

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

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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“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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