retailer
retailer — noun
1. a company, store, or person that buys products from manufacturers or wholesalers
a company, store, or person that buys products from manufacturers or wholesalers and sells them in small quantities to individual customers, rather than to other businesses
The local retailer Otis closed his hardware store after forty-two years.
collocation: local retailer
Nia compared prices across several online retailers before buying the sofa.
Large retailers can negotiate better deals with suppliers than small shops can.
The retailer's return policy requires customers to keep the original packaging.
After graduating, Apinya found a job at a well-known fashion retailer.
- merchant
more traditional term, often for a person who trades in a specific type of goods (wine merchant, coal merchant)
- dealer
used for specific product categories such as cars, art, or antiques; suggests a more specialised trade
- seller
broader and more generic; can refer to any person or platform that sells, including one-off or casual sales
- vendor
often used for stalls, markets, or vending machines; can also mean the seller in a formal business transaction
- wholesaler
sells goods in large quantities to other businesses, not to the general public
文法句型
retailer + of + [type of goods]
[adjective] + retailer
the + retailer + 's + [policy / store / network]
用法筆記
Countable noun. Contrast with 'wholesaler' — a retailer sells to individual end customers, while a wholesaler sells large quantities to businesses or other retailers.