merchandiser

American  

[mur-chuhn-dahy-zer, -dahy-] / ˈmɜr tʃənˌdaɪ zər, -ˌdaɪ- /

noun

1. a person or company that buys and sells goods; a merchant or retailer.

   Each year our “vendor village” is full of merchandisers who add to the tournament’s festival-like atmosphere.

2. a person who plans or manages the arrangement and promotion of goods, including location, signage, etc., in a store.

   How the merchandiser of this collection of cookbooks managed to get them all into a single attractive display, I'll never know.

3. a display unit for stores, designed to hold goods of a specific kind.

   The manufacturer has launched a new professional wood screw, with a countertop merchandiser allowing stores to showcase all the screw’s features.

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Etymology

Origin of merchandiser

merchandise ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

And while that continues, she says, foreign designers and merchandisers will do the same.

From BBC

“We work really closely with our visual merchandisers to help tell a cohesive story,” she said.

From Salon

The list, which began in 1993 and includes the top 150 books, is “based exclusively on sales analysis from U.S. booksellers including bookstore chains, independent bookstores, mass merchandisers and online retailers.”

From Seattle Times

For nearly a century, filmmakers, theater makers, writers, composers, radio producers and merchandisers have reimagined the work.

From New York Times

PCC Community Markets merchandiser Noah Smith said the grocery chain does get some of its eggs from the Midwest through a central distributor.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• marketer
• wholesaler