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merchandiser

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[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.


Etymology

Origin of merchandiser

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

Example Sentences

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“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

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

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

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

If ye are the merchandiser I think ye are, ye'll try to cut doon stock investment and keep up your sales—and increase 'em, thus speeding up your turn-over.

From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold

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