: retail business conducted online via the World Wide Web
e-tailer noun
e-tailing noun

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Less than 10 minutes into a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, during which a Shein representative equivocated on questions relating to the e-tail Goliath’s supply chain and a potential public float, a visibly frustrated Member of Parliament made his feelings known in no uncertain terms. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025 The e-tail leviathan holds a 50 percent market share of fast fashion sales in the United States, per Statista’s calculations, with that market share doubling since March 2022 (which doubled against 2020). Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Among the protestors’ demands were fair wages, freedom of association and for the e-tail Goliath to sign the International Accord. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Less than 10 minutes into a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, during which a Shein representative equivocated on questions relating to the e-tail Goliath’s supply chain and a potential public float, a visibly frustrated Member of Parliament made his feelings known in no uncertain terms. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025 Some of the pullback is also due to intense competition from Chinese e-tail rivals Shein and Temu. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2024

Word History

Etymology

blend of e- and retail entry 2

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of e-tail was in 1995

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“E-tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-tail. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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