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showroom
[shoh-room, -room]
noun
a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.
verb (used without object)
to come into a store to view merchandise and then purchase it from a competitor, usually online, as to get a lower price or wider selection.
For shoes, I usually showroom at a couple of stores, then buy them cheaper online.
to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise.
No store wants to showroom for a website.
verb (used with object)
to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
to use or encourage people to use (a store) as a place to view rather than buy merchandise.
The online retailers are showrooming us out of business.
We’re being showroomed by consumers who browse our stores without buying.
showroom
/ ˈʃəʊˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /
noun
a room in which goods, such as cars, are on display
Other Word Forms
- showrooming noun
Example Sentences
The sunny showroom now features two spacious rooms filled with Vivier’s signature handbags and colorful “bits, bobs, straps and fobs,” according to the store’s window.
At a Mumbai showroom of Hero Motocorp, India's largest motorbike manufacturer, a dealer told the BBC that he expected sales to jump 30–40% over the next two months compared to last year.
“We’re trying to find the small details,” Son, the women’s buyer, tells me in the carpeted bottom floor showroom of her store.
While the February Toy Fair in New York is the industry’s largest annual event, the El Segundo toy showroom building is the only one in the country that operates year-round.
The elements are then assembled at the back of the showroom, in a skilled process that can take up to six months to complete.
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