The business of promoting and selling products, especially through attractive displays and marketing strategies.
From 'merchandise' (goods for sale), which comes from Old French 'marchandise.' The root 'march-' relates to markets and commerce. Adding '-ising' makes it a business practice.
When supermarkets put chocolate at the checkout, they're using 'merchandising'—a word born from medieval merchants haggling in markets, now it's a science of where your eyes go and what you buy.
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