gray market
noun
: a market employing irregular but not illegal methods
especially
: a market that legally circumvents authorized channels of distribution to sell goods at prices lower than those intended by the manufacturer
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These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
Resellers operating in the gray market have reportedly been using entities registered outside of China to acquire Nvidia’s newest chips, including the Blackwell GPUs—which are prohibited from being sold to Chinese customers—via companies based in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Jackson Agar in Minnesota, says the gray market is a risk his family is just unwilling to take.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Nevertheless, reports indicate that gray market resellers are using entities registered outside of China to purchase servers equipped with Nvidia’s latest products from companies in various countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
Resellers operating in the gray market have reportedly been using entities registered outside of China to acquire Nvidia’s newest chips, including the Blackwell GPUs—which are prohibited from being sold to Chinese customers—via companies based in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Jackson Agar in Minnesota, says the gray market is a risk his family is just unwilling to take.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Nevertheless, reports indicate that gray market resellers are using entities registered outside of China to purchase servers equipped with Nvidia’s latest products from companies in various countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20market. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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