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retailtainment

retailtainment noun: a commercially-designed experience that combines entertainment and retailing.

Noun

retailtainment (uncountable)

  1. A commercially-designed experience that combines entertainment and retailing.
    • We also are able to achieve that connection with retailtainment — our Oreo Stacking Contest, Grandparents Day, and our Wal-Mart Live broadcasts of exclusive concert performances from Garth Brooks, Britney Spears, Faith Hill, and others.2001, Barry Berman, Joel R. Evans, Retail management: a strategic approach, page 631
    • China "is the world leader in retailtainment," Mr. Menzer says. "You go into the store and there's a fashion show of some of your apparel lines.2006, John E. Richardson, Annual Editions: Marketing 07/08, page 158

Synonyms of retailtainment

Origin of retailtainment

Blend of retail + entertainment.

Questions about retailtainment

What does retailtainment mean?
Retailtainment means a commercially-designed experience that combines entertainment and retailing.
What part of speech is retailtainment?
Retailtainment is a noun.

Words near retailtainment in the dictionary

  1. retailor
  2. retailored
  3. retailoring
  4. retailors
  5. retails
  6. retailtainment
  7. retain
  8. retain and explain
  9. retainability
  10. retainable
  11. retainably

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