merchandiser

[ mur-chuhn-dahy-zer, -dahy- ]

noun

1. a person or company that buys and sells goods; a merchant or retailer:

   Each year our “vendor village” is full of merchandisers who add to the tournament’s festival-like atmosphere.

2. a person who plans or manages the arrangement and promotion of goods, including location, signage, etc., in a store:

   How the merchandiser of this collection of cookbooks managed to get them all into a single attractive display, I'll never know.

3. a display unit for stores, designed to hold goods of a specific kind:

   The manufacturer has launched a new professional wood screw, with a countertop merchandiser allowing stores to showcase all the screw’s features.

Word History and Origins

Origin of merchandiser¹

merchandise ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

The list, which began in 1993 and includes the top 150 books, is “based exclusively on sales analysis from U.S. booksellers including bookstore chains, independent bookstores, mass merchandisers and online retailers.”

From Seattle Times

For nearly a century, filmmakers, theater makers, writers, composers, radio producers and merchandisers have reimagined the work.

From New York Times

PCC Community Markets merchandiser Noah Smith said the grocery chain does get some of its eggs from the Midwest through a central distributor.

From Seattle Times

David Sanz, meat and seafood merchandiser for PCC Community Markets, says the past few years the company has ordered 10,000-plus turkeys for Thanksgiving, and this year they did not receive that full order.

From Seattle Times

In early 2019, after spending six months creating a business plan and scouring sites such as Alibaba and Amazon for merchandisers, Unison Brand was ready to start outfitting the city.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• marketer
• wholesaler