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merchandiser

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

noun

  • merchandisers
    plural
  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.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of merchandiser

merchandise ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )


Example Sentences

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David Sanz, meat and seafood merchandiser for PCC Community Markets, says the past few years the company has ordered 10,000-plus turkeys for Thanksgiving, and this year they did not receive that full order.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Later that year, the company plucked Mark Tritton, Target’s chief merchandiser, as its next C.E.O.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

"More than anything, the market is just in a panic," Andrew Jackson, a Kentucky grain merchandiser, told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2022

After she performed on singer Johnnie Ray’s popular TV show, reportedly as a last-minute substitute, a deluge of fan letters drew the attention of the show’s sponsor, an appliance merchandiser.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022

Wilbur Cowan became a shrewd hunter and a successful merchandiser of golf balls but slightly used.

From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson

Outside the lab, colors were minted by advertisers and merchandisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025

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

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Demand for vinyl records has been growing in double-digits for more than a decade and mass merchandisers like Target were bolstering their selection of albums just as the pandemic provided a surprising jolt.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

Most successful retail coffee merchandisers establish the coffee department near the entrance to the store, where it can be seen through a window by passers-by, especially if there is an ornamental roasting and grinding equipment.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

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