as in distributor
a person or business that sells things directly to customers for their own use
The company is a leading retailer of women's clothing.
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Recent Examples of retailer
Funds are added to electronic benefit transfer cards, which can be used at participating grocery stores and select online retailers.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Traditionally, retailers order their remaining holiday goods for a late August/September arrival before manufacturing plants close to celebrate October’s Golden Week in China.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
One of the difficulties in assessing beverage market trends is that data is gathered by different organizations at various levels in the supply chain, including the producer, importer, distributor, and retailer.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
About 85% of Targets items are eligible for next-day delivery the retailer outlined in a news release.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Growth accelerated further with an affiliate program that rewarded existing franchisees for recruiting new ones — or even for bringing in smoke shops and other retailers to carry American Shaman products.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Traditionally, retailers order their remaining holiday goods for a late August/September arrival before manufacturing plants close to celebrate October’s Golden Week in China.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
One of the difficulties in assessing beverage market trends is that data is gathered by different organizations at various levels in the supply chain, including the producer, importer, distributor, and retailer.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
About 85% of Targets items are eligible for next-day delivery the retailer outlined in a news release.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Growth accelerated further with an affiliate program that rewarded existing franchisees for recruiting new ones — or even for bringing in smoke shops and other retailers to carry American Shaman products.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retailer
Noun
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Lionsgate Studio Film and television producer and distributor Lionsgate Studio could also go higher.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Action dramedy Code 3 opens on 140+ screens from new distributor Aura Entertainment.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The festival also features art vendors, local talent, food trucks and, for kids, face painting, bubbles and bouncy houses.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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For example, spyware vendor Saito Tech (formerly Candiru), which has been on the US Commerce Department’s Entity List since 2021, saw new investment by US firm Integrity Partners in 2024.—
Vas Panagiotopoulos,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Retailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retailer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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