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

Examples of e-tail in a Sentence

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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 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 15 Jan. 2025.

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