stockist

American  

[stok-ist] / ˈstɒk ɪst /

noun

British.

1. a wholesale or retail establishment that stocks merchandise.

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stockist British  

/ ˈstɒkɪst /

noun

1. commerce a dealer who undertakes to maintain stocks of a specified product at or above a certain minimum in return for favourable buying terms granted by the manufacturer of the product

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Etymology

Origin of stockist

First recorded in 1905–10; stock + -ist

Example Sentences

Another group of store owners, who Jellycat says are among the 1,200 still being supplied, were told they would not be what Jellycat called an "official stockist" but their accounts were "unaffected".

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

The time is November 1976, and the space is the Nuneaton branch of Radio Rentals, the old TV stockist that was once a familiar high street fixture.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

As well as Selfridges and Matches Fashion, Veja has just secured its latest stockist, Net-a-Porter.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2017

Our stockist, La Parisienne in Kingston, sold out a consignment of 400 pairs in five days.

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2012

But Hickoree’s is also a stockist for the sorts of old-time American brands that now exist primarily in the form of licenses to feed Japanese demand for vintage Americana.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2011