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

“It’s been very scary,” Ms. Eiswohld, a 28-year-old visual merchandiser, said in her living area recently.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

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 • Feb. 18, 2023

Going forward, according to a source in contact with Massmart management, Walmart's brick and mortar focus will likely be on wholesale merchandiser Makro and hardware chain Builders - Massmart's two better-performing brands.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2022

She opened Stuff next door to the restaurant three years ago after leaving her corporate job as a visual merchandiser.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Bacchus the Loosener and Terpsichore and Thalia preside over the former; and the latter raiseth us up betimes to attend on Minerva the Work-mistress, and Mercury the merchandiser.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Related Words

• marketer
• wholesaler