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showroom

[ shoh-room, -room ]

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noun

to come into a store to view merchandise and then purchase it from a competitor, usually online, as to get a lower price or wider selection:
For shoes, I usually showroom at a couple of stores, then buy them cheaper online.
to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise:
No store wants to showroom for a website.

to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
to use or encourage people to use (a store) as a place to view rather than buy merchandise:
The online retailers are showrooming us out of business.
We’re being showroomed by consumers who browse our stores without buying.

showroom

/ ˈʃəʊˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

First recorded in 1610–20; show + room

The American Library in the Catalonian capital is bombed, an I.B.M. showroom has a brick tossed through its front window.

They knew about it and they could have stopped it before the first car went in the showroom.

On display in the showroom were elegant women in long black pants and finely lapelled jackets and trenches.

His showroom remains in Antwerp rather than a major fashion capital like Paris or London.

Gucci sounded the opening bell of a week of runway presentations and showroom installations.

There was an ominous silence in the showroom as Sam gave himself another rest before continuing his ultimatum.

He turned toward the front of the showroom where his nephew was sorting over a pile of garments.

As Feinermann opened his mouth to reply the showroom door opened and Elkan himself entered.

The two partners watched him until he put on his hat and coat in the rear of the showroom and then Polatkin rose to his feet.

Polatkin made no reply and he was about to go into the showroom when the telephone bell rang.

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