sales assistant
noun
: a person whose job is to sell things in a store : salesclerk
She works as a sales assistant at Macy's.
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This modest comedy about a Parisian music teacher and photography buff (Isabelle Huppert) who befriends a Korean film-sales assistant (Kim Min-hee) at Cannes was shot in public spaces around the 2016 festival, timed to coincide with Huppert and Min-hee’s real-life appearances there for other films.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Wednesday, May 6, alongside contestants Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Lauren Black, a sales assistant originally from San Jose, California, per Jeopardy.com.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 6 May 2026
The sales assistant remembers sitting and having a cigarette with her downstairs on the floor.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
One of her first jobs was as a sales assistant for the Louis Vuitton concession at Selfridges, when she was given her first luxury outfit to wear.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Kennedy will be played by Paul Anthony Kelly opposite Sarah Pidgeon as Bessette/ The series will follow their romance beginning with Kennedy’s upbringing in the public eye reputation as a bachelor as well as Bessette’s fashion career, rising from sales assistant to Calvin Klein executive.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
With a vision of having humanoids and humans work seamlessly, Chery reintroduced the robot as a car sales assistant in October last year.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
The single mother-of-four was already well-versed in working abroad to support her young family, having previously been employed as a sales assistant in Dubai.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
In 2023, Zoho introduced Smart Prompt, which integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT with Zoho’s own Zia AI sales assistant.
—Alison Barretta, PC Magazine, 28 June 2024
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Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Wednesday, May 6, alongside contestants Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Lauren Black, a sales assistant originally from San Jose, California, per Jeopardy.com.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 6 May 2026
The sales assistant remembers sitting and having a cigarette with her downstairs on the floor.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
One of her first jobs was as a sales assistant for the Louis Vuitton concession at Selfridges, when she was given her first luxury outfit to wear.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Kennedy will be played by Paul Anthony Kelly opposite Sarah Pidgeon as Bessette/ The series will follow their romance beginning with Kennedy’s upbringing in the public eye reputation as a bachelor as well as Bessette’s fashion career, rising from sales assistant to Calvin Klein executive.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
With a vision of having humanoids and humans work seamlessly, Chery reintroduced the robot as a car sales assistant in October last year.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
The single mother-of-four was already well-versed in working abroad to support her young family, having previously been employed as a sales assistant in Dubai.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
In 2023, Zoho introduced Smart Prompt, which integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT with Zoho’s own Zia AI sales assistant.
—Alison Barretta, PC Magazine, 28 June 2024
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