retailing

noun

re·​tail·​ing ˈrē-ˌtā-liŋ 

: the activities involved in the selling of goods to ultimate consumers for personal or household consumption

Examples of retailing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This 10-story palace is filled with famous names, for a heady fusion of relevant, and discomfiting, contemporary art and retailing. —Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

The biggest question affecting the future of retailing is when and if prices will come down in a return to the old normal. —Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

The hot new brand in retailing appears to be private label. —Greg Petro, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

Most of the members of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association from a retailing standpoint are local independent businesses, not the national chains. —Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2024

Brick-and-mortar retailing will remain under pressure, so residential is going to be the only area of real estate where there will be significant demand in the future. —Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024

The Daily Wire’s Candace Owens spent the weeks following the 10/7 massacre retailing some of the most ignorant and outrageous slanders against Israel. —Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023

Meanwhile, telecom, energy, and retailing were among the worst-performing. —Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Made from plush polyester fleece and retailing for less than a quarter of the cost of our overall winner, this bathrobe from NY Threads is a steal for budget shoppers. —Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above