as in merchandising
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as in selling
to offer for sale to the public
the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers
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Recent Examples of retailing
Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
This week’s bankruptcy filing by the corporate owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus seemed to hammer one more nail into the coffin of America’s department stores, a defining feature of US retailing since the mid-19th century.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
Designed in tandem with the brand’s existing DIY gel system, Olive & June’s Builder Gel polishes (retailing for $12 each) are thicker in texture than traditional gel polish, creating a strong, supportive barrier to help grow your natural nails.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 22 Jan. 2026
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Noun
And while the manufacturing, retailing, and banking executives who led the top American firms in the post–Cold War era saw themselves as scientific managers, the Tech Hamiltonians—often the extremely successful founders of cutting-edge technology firms—see themselves as visionaries and leaders.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
This week’s bankruptcy filing by the corporate owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus seemed to hammer one more nail into the coffin of America’s department stores, a defining feature of US retailing since the mid-19th century.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
By growing up in his family’s real estate business, not retailing, and by virtue of his style of conducting business, Baker has been in a class of his own, outside the circle of giant retail merchants like Allen Questrom, Terry Lundgren and the Nordstroms.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
Designed in tandem with the brand’s existing DIY gel system, Olive & June’s Builder Gel polishes (retailing for $12 each) are thicker in texture than traditional gel polish, creating a strong, supportive barrier to help grow your natural nails.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retailing
Noun
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Planning feeds buying, buying feeds merchandising, and so on through inventory, logistics, sales and service.—
Anita Beveridge-Raffo,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Rather than being organized by standard merchandising categories, the assortment is presented through the lens of era, size, and style, encouraging a more exploratory way of shopping.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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And Iran was profiting handsomely off its sales, selling its oil for a premium of several dollars above the price of Brent crude, the international benchmark.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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Emmline Toussaint, main coordinator of Mary’s Meals’ BND school-feeding program in Haiti, said that gas stations in some regions are selling fuel 25% to 30% higher than even what the government stipulated because of gang violence and difficulties with trucks trying to access certain areas.—
Evens Sanon,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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That includes rising costs for traveler accommodation, food wholesaling and investment services.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Michael Blake Fiveash is co-founder and first trustee of Forgotten Formula, which the board accused of unlicensed wholesaling of pharmaceuticals.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Retailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retailing. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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