merchandise

(noun)

Commodities offered for sale.

Related Terms

Examples of merchandise in the following topics:

  • Promotional Objectives

    • Promotional merchandise, promotional items, promotional products, promotional gifts, or advertising gifts, sometimes nicknamed swag or schwag, are articles of merchandise (often branded with a logo) used in marketing and communication programs.
    • For example p romotional merchandise, promotional items, promotional products, promotional gifts, or advertising gifts, sometimes nicknamed swag or schwag, are articles of merchandise (often branded with a logo) used in marketing and communication programs.

  • Store Retailers

    • Store retailers vary in size, in the kinds of services, the assortment of merchandise they carry, and many other respects.
    • That is, they carry many different types of merchandise that may include hardware, clothing, and appliances.
    • Each type of merchandise is typically displayed in a different section or department within the store.
    • Because chains were so large, they were able to buy a wide variety of merchandise in large quantity discounts.
    • Supermarkets were among the first to experiment with such innovations as mass merchandising and low-cost distribution methods.

  • Vending Machines

    • A vending machine can dispense a wide variety of merchandise when the consumer inserts money into it.
    • The main example of a vending machine giving access to all merchandise after paying for one item is a newspaper vending machine (also called vending box) found mainly in the U.S. and Canada.

  • Introduction to Cooperative Networking

    • In the United States, a business that produces merchandise from wood enters into talks with a plastics injection firm to discuss recyclable packaging ideas.

  • Shipping and Transportation

    • Shipping is a physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea.
    • Shipping is a physical process of transporting commodities, merchandise goods, and cargo, by land, air, and sea.

  • Merchant Wholesalers

    • Limited service merchant wholesalers take title to the merchandise and assume the risk involved in an independent operation.
    • In the wholesale business, wholesale agents and brokers do not take title to the merchandise being marketed, they only bring buyers and sellers together and negotiate the terms of the transaction.

  • Nonstore Retailers

    • In total, non-store retailing accounts for a relatively small percentage of total retail sales, but it is growing and very important with certain types of merchandise, such as life insurance, cigarettes, magazines, books, CDs, and clothing.
    • Mail order is a form of non-store retailing that relies on product description to sell merchandise.

  • Alternate Sources of Funds

    • Merchandise items which are added back to the net income figure

  • Mall Kiosks

    • The industry term for smaller units is retail merchandising unit (RMU) cart or mall cart.

  • Introduction to Lean Thinking

    • Along with a focus on made-to-order merchandise, this allowed the company to decrease its overheads and concentrate on client-oriented matters – all of which are hallmarks of lean thinking.