RETAILING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in merchandising

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verb

present participle of retail

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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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

That means a Birkin originally bought for $10,000 and resold in 2022 would have fetched for $22,200, while a bag originally retailing for the same price and resold at auction today would be worth about $14,000 on the resale market today. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025 The bracelets were sold exclusively at H-E-B stores in Texas from September through October 2025, retailing for about $1 per pack. —

Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for retailing

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In 2019, Banksy created his own merchandising business named Off the Wall so the public could buy reproductions of his work.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The network’s own megahit, Rick and Morty, has ascended from late-night programming into comic books, music, video games, and merchandising, amounting to a revenue stream worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026