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wholesaling 1 of 2

noun

as in retailing

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wholesaling

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verb

present participle of wholesale

as in peddling

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That story plays out in services, manufacturing, wholesaling, as well as finance and retailing. — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 That includes rising costs for traveler accommodation, food wholesaling and investment services. — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 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 More than 20% of the increase in services came from margins for professional and commercial equipment wholesaling. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026 In China, Anta sells mainly through its own direct-to-consumer channels and doesn’t do a lot of wholesaling. — Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026 And wholesaling introduced a new level of efficiency—goods sold from the pallets on which they were delivered required little handling. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 Prices on apparel wholesaling climbed 5%, while the apparel, jewelry, footwear and accessories retailing category spiked 8%. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025

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The Gitanjali Group was a giant in mass market jewelry, retailing gold and diamonds through multiple brands.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
The Tiguan is available in four trims, ranging from the entry-level S, starting at $30,805, to the SEL R Line Turbo retailing for $43,085.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of retailing

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Retail operates as an interconnected system where merchandising, supply chain, warehouse operations, stores, e-commerce and customer service constantly influence one another.

— Shariq Rehman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
A lot of love and care is put into creating the marketing and merchandising of this fictional Friday the 13th-style franchise, and thus recreating the familiar pop debris of a bygone trash era.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

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