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adman => publicitaire
accountant => comptable
accounting / accountancy / accounts => comptabilité
advertisement (advert –ad) => annonce publicitaire
advertiser => annonceur
advertising board, billboard => panneau publicitaire
advertising campaign => campagne publicitaire
advertising medium => support publicitaire
after-sales service => service après-vente
age group => tranche d'âge
agenda => ordre du jour
aim / goal => but
amount => montant
assembly line => chaîne de montage
marketing assistant => assistant marketing
balance sheet => bilan
bank account => compte bancaire
bankruptcy => faillite
bargain => bonne affaire
benchmarking => étalonnage, référenciation
billboard => panneau
blue-collar worker => ouvrier
blurb => argumentaire
board of directors => conseil d'administration
body copy / caption => texte (dans une publicité) / légende
brand => marque
brand image => image de marque
brand leader => marque référence
breakthrough => percée, avancée
bribery => corruption
business card => carte professionnelle
buy one get one free => un acheté un gratuit
buying/spending power => le pouvoir d'achat
by-product => produit dérivé
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by instalments => par mensualités
cash on delivery (COD) => paiement comptant à la livraison
cash with order (CWO) => paiement comptant à la commande
catchphrase / tagline / punchline=> phrase d’accroche / slogan publicitaire
channel of distribution => canal de distribution
cheap => bon marché ≠ expensive/costly => cher
Chief Executive Officer – CEO (US) / Managing Director (GB) => P.D.G.
commercial strategy => stratégie commerciale
competition=> concurrence
competitor => concurrent
consultant => conseiller
consumer => consommateur
consumer society => société de consommation
consumption => consommation
cost advantage => avantage de coût
counterfeit / fake => contrefait / contrefaçon
criteria / criterion => critère
customer / shopper => client, acheteur
customer loyalty => fidélité du client
data => donnée
deadline => date limite / date butoir
dealer => un revendeur
defective => défectueux
delay => retard
delivery => distribution / livraison
delivery date / delivery schedule / delivery time => délai de livraison
delivery fee / delivery charge / delivery cost => frais de livraison
delivery note => bon de livraison
department => service
department store => grand magasin
deposit / down payment => acompte
direct selling => vente direct
discount price / price cut => prix réduit
discount, reduction => réduction, remise
distribution channel => moyen de distribution
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distributor => distributor
domestic trade => commerce intérieur
door-to-door sales => démarchage à domicile
employee => employé
employer => employeur
end display => tête de gondole
endorsement => promotion, publicité
e-retailing / e-tailing => commerce virtuel, sur internet
exhibition / fair => salon / foire
expenses => frais, dépenses
eye level (at) => hauteur des yeux (à)
factory / plant => usine
fair trade => commerce équitable
family business => entreprise familiale
fast-moving consumer goods => bien de consommation à rotation rapide
feasibility study => étude de faisabilité
feature => caractéristique
feedback form => questionnaire de satisfaction
field study => étude sur le terrain
findings => résultats / conclusions
foreign trade, external trade => commerce extérieur
free trial => essai gratuit
guarantee / warranty => garantie
goods => marchandise, articles
greenwash => discours écologique de façade
growth => croissance
hard sell => vente agressive
head office (GB) / Headquarters (US)=> siège social
household => foyer
hype => battage publicitaire
in full settlement => pour solde de tout compte
incentive => incitation
income => revenu
innovative => innovant
in stock => en stock ≠ out of stock => en rupture
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interest => intérêt
invitation to tender => appel d'offres
invoice => facture
item => article
label => étiquette
lack of delivery / delivery failure => défaut de livraison
launching => lancement
leaflet => prospectus, dépliant
life cycle => cycle de vie
limited liability company => société à responsabilité limitée
location => emplacement
loss => perte
loyalty => fidélité
loyality card => carte de fidélité
lump-sum payment => paiement en une fois
mail order => vente par correspondance
mall (US) / shopping center (GB) => centre commercial
manufacturer => manufacturier
margin => marges
market leader => leader sur le marché
market research => étude de marché
market segment => segment de marché
market share => part de marché
market survey => étude de marché
marketer => responsable de commercialisation
marketing campaign => campagne de marketing
marketing director => directeur marketing
marketing opérationnel => operational marketing
marketing stunt/move => coup marketing
marque => brand
mass market => commercialisation de masse
merger => fusion d'entreprise
middleman => intermédiaire
misleading / deceptive => trompeur
motto => devise
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negotiation => négociation
niche => créneau
obsolete / outdated / outmoded => obsolète
obsolescence => obsolescence
psychological price => prix psychologique
online buying => achat en ligne
order => commande
outdated / outmoded => obsolète
overhead expenses => frais généraux
packaging => emballage
payment period => délai de paiement
place => lieu, endroit
point of sale / sales outlet => point de vente
partnership => partenariat
premium price => prix forts
prescriptor => prescripteur
price list => tarifs
price tag => étiquette de prix
product advantage => avantage produit
product range => gamme de produits
product recall => rappel de produit
profit => bénéfice
profit margin => marge bénéficiaire
profitability => rentabilité
provider => fournisseur (service)
publicity => publicité donnée à un événement
purchase => acquisition, achat
quality price ratio => rapport qualité prix
quote / cost estimate => devis
range / line => gamme
ratings => classement
raw materials => matières premières
receipt => reçu / ticket
reduced-priced => à prix réduit
refund => remboursement
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registered trademark => marque déposée
reply coupon => coupon réponse
retail outlet / store => point de vente
retail price => prix de détail
retailer => détaillant
rise => hausse
Return On Investment – ROI => retour sur investissement
royalty => droits d'auteurs
sales => soldes/ventes
sales campaign => campagne de vente
sales force => force de vente
sales in bulk / wholesale => vente en gros
sales presentation => argumentaire de vente
sales representative => représentant, commercial
sample => échantillon
seller / shop assistant => vendeur
service après-vente (SAV) => after-sales service
shelf => rayon
shipment => marchandise, cargaison
shipping => transport maritime / expédition / frais de transport
shop window => vitrine
shopkeeper => chef de rayon
shortage => pénurie
size => taille
skill / competence => compétence
skilled / competent => qualifié / compétent
small and medium size business => PME
sponsorship => parrainage
stock shortage => rupture de stock
storekeeper => magasinier
strength => force ≠ weakness => faiblesse
strike => grève
striker => grèviste
subsidiary => filiale
supplier => fournisseur (produit)
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supply chain (process of manufacture and sale) => chaîne logistique
supply and demand => l'offre et la demande
survey / study => enquête, étude
target => cible
trade mark => marque déposée
trade union => syndicat
trend => tendance
turnover => chiffre d'affaires
unsold => invendu
upscale / upmarket / high-end => haut de gamme ≠ downmarket => bas de gamme
Value Added Tax (VAT) =>Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée
venture => entreprise (jeune ou risquée)
voucher => un bon d'achat
wage scale => échelle des salaires
warehouse => entrepôt
wares / good => marchandise
when the sales are on => au moment des soldes
wholesaler => grossiste
window display => devanture
win-win situation / strategy => situation / stratégie gagnant-gagnant
word-of-mouth => bouche-à-oreille
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to negotiate => négocier
to order => commander
to overprice => surfacturer / vendre trop cher
to place an order => passer une commande
to praise => vanter
to produce => produire
to provide => fournir (service)
to purchase / to buy / to shop => acheter
to recall => retirer de la vente
to refund / to pay back / to give money back => rembourser
to sell => vendre
to sell in bulk => vendre en grande quantité
to set up (a company) => créer une entreprise
to store => stocker
to succeed => avoir du succès, réussir
to supply => fournir (produit)
to survey => faire un sondage, une enquête
to target => cibler
to tend to => avoir tendance à
to window-shop => faire du lèche-vitrine