How to Use merchandise in a Sentence

merchandise

1 of 2 noun
  • The merchandise will arrive by truck at noon.
  • He's developed his own brand of merchandise.
  • And there will be free merchandise, too.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Shop from merchandise and baked good booths.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Food, drink and merchandise will be sold.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In spite of its size, the Ace aisles are jammed with merchandise.
    — Greg Petro, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The site showed up to 85% off on merchandise.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And not all of his merchandise is provocative.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • Four hundred points is good for merchandise.
    — Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Check out some of the merchandise available in stores and online.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • To offset this, we have been forced to raise the prices of all merchandise by 20%.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • This year will see fresh merchandise, including aprons, recipes and new shirts.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Chelsea site brings in fresh merchandise weekly.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
  • Pop-up with merchandise and pretzels.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • No merchandise was stolen, police said.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Now, all that said, new jerseys are about selling merchandise.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The hotel will also open a bar and a merchandise store in June.
    — Emily Holshouser may 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026
  • The fan fest also had many areas for fans to play soccer and grab merchandise or food and drinks.
    — Cal Phillips june 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • The owner of Nail Bay said cash and merchandise were stolen.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • But the dazzling tech was not enough to camouflage how blah the merchandise was.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • All that merchandise and all those decorations take time to set up.
    — Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One of the eight merchandise vendors was Sparkle and Toast.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • None of the merchandise from any of the robberies has been recovered.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Fans can get their hands on four shirts, three hoodies, a tote bag, bandana and a hat from the merchandise booth.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There is one way costume designers could earn more, and that is through merchandise or tie-ins.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
  • For Hubbard, though, that money could be food or more merchandise to sell.
    — Sandra Song, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The gift shop near the front of the park will stock Guzzlin’ Gator merchandise.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • Lunch boxes and other merchandise with the stars’ images flew off of store shelves.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the sites offered merchandise for sale or freebies such as water, cat toys or even clothes.
    — Hannah Ruhoff june 8, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Fans can play the game, meet special guests, eat food and buy customized merchandise.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2024

merchandise

2 of 2 verb
  • The political candidates are being merchandised to the public.
  • Key pieces from the line will be merchandised in this area.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In the bookshelves, just put books and don’t merchandise them.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
  • This is to say nothing of theme-park and merchandising tie-ins.
    — Aaron Back, WSJ, 20 June 2018
  • The vinyl will now be merchandised with the turntables, sources suggest.
    — Ed Christman, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Last, but certainly not least, they must be merchandised well.
    — Lindsay Anvik, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • No matter how they're merchandised, take notice of these home staples.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • No matter how they're merchandised, take notice of these home staples.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Brands were merchandised together, something that wasn't done at the time.
    — Matthew Boyle, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Of course, Potter wasn’t the only writer to merchandise her work.
    — Joy Lanzendorfer, Smithsonian, 31 Jan. 2017
  • There will still be merchandising, theme park attractions, Disney+ series and spinoff films on the big screen.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • They are not merchandised with products for shopping and are situated where customers live or work.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Forbes notes that ticket and merchandising sales from the 53-stop tour should bring in a well over $1 billion in revenues, a record.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • As the books flew off shelves (or hopped off, as the case may be), Potter sensed a merchandising opportunity.
    — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Mannequins were added to clothing sections, helping drive sales by showing garments merchandised as outfits.
    — Sarah Halzack | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2019
  • The rep has to educate the buyer on the new products, merchandise the line, take notes back and forth, and work within the confines of the buyer’s budget.
    — Outside Online, 6 May 2021
  • The current strong demand for sockeye is in part due to the high standards for merchandising at markets like Whole Foods.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The racks are merchandised intuitively with the designers’ wide range of products, from silk floral blouses to fuzzy coral coats to thick knit dresses.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2018
  • In-store, the line will be merchandised across the young adult floor pad for its fashion and sportswear, with intimates and sleep living on the intimates and sleepwear floor pad.
    — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But mutual contempt was perhaps an even less promising foundation to build a country on than merchandising.
    — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Workers at the seafood counter are trained to merchandise flawlessly, just as Rose learned 30 years ago and has continued to instill.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Squeeze team has merchandising, a popular social media presence and tons of support across the country.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
  • To make way for the changes, Nordstrom has moved the jewelry and handbag departments so that each, too, will be merchandised together as full groups.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Technology and selfie-ready stops have roles as well, members of the company’s visual-merchandising team say.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The scandal centers on the exchanging of money between programs and merchandising agents.
    — Eric Bolin, ajc, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Mansell came up through Kohl’s merchandising ranks, and his long tenure spanned a succession of very different periods.
    — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • So today, trade shows are about branding, relationships, marketing and trying to display and merchandise your product in the best light.
    — Doug Schnitzspahn, Outside Online, 13 May 2016
  • If products are merchandised poorly, no one will want to purchase it and money will not circle back to fisheries and the Alaskan economy could suffer.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This change added to the recognition and merchandising value of the original Seal of Approval.
    — Good Housekeeping, 1 Oct. 2011
  • And very early on, Walt was thinking beyond the screen – from movies, music, and television, to merchandise, publishing, and theme parks.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026

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